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Aug 2018
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#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking

Shane Parrish
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There are only a handful of websites that I read religiously. One of those is MarginalRevolution.com, started by my next guest, Tyler Cowen. Other than hosting one of the most popular economic blogs in the world, Tyler is also an economics professor at George Mason University, a regular New York Times columnist, and the author of over a dozen books, includi ... Show More
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