Episode 270: Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen is an economist, the co-founder of Marginal Revolution, and the host of Conversations with Tyler. His latest book is The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream.\n\n \u201cI think of my central contribution, or what I\u2019m trying to have it be, is teaching people to think of counter arguments. I\u2019m trying to teach a method: always push things one step further. What if, under what conditions, what would make this wrong? If I write something and people respond to it that way, then I feel very happy and successful. If people just agree with me, I\u2019m a little disappointed.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@tylercowen\nwww.tylercowen.com\nCowen on Longform\n[01:10] @maxlinsky\n[01:30] Marginal Revolution\n[01:50] Tyler Cowen\u2019s Ethnic Dining Guide\n[02:00] In Praise of Commercial Culture (Harvard University Press \u2022 1998)\n[03:20] "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer" (The Metropolitan Museum of Art \u2022 Nov 2017)\n[03:25] "The Exterminating Angel" (The Metropolitan Opera \u2022 Oct 2017)\n[09:30] The Complacent Class (St. Martin\u2019s Press \u2022 2017)\n[13:05] "Job Creation and Firm Dynamics in the United States" (John Haltiwanger \u2022 University of Chicago Press \u2022 April 2011)\n[13:25] "The School That Won\u2019t Let Students Play Tag or Hold Hands" (Eleanor Barkhorn\u2022 The Atlantic \u2022 Nov 2013)\n[13:30] "Middle School Bans Student\u2019s Star Wars T-Shirt of Stormtrooper Holding a Gun" (Alex Griswold \u2022 Mediaite \u2022 Dec 2015)\n[42:25] "Ethiopian" (Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide \u2022 March 2006)\n[42:30] "Afghan Bistro" (Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide \u2022 Sept 2016)\n[42:35] "Elephant Jumps" (Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide \u2022 March 2014)\n[43:20] "Erdogan Guards Will Face Charges for Beating D.C. Protesters" (Caroline Bankoff \u2022 NY Mag \u2022 June 2017)\n[43:50] Cowen\u2019s Archive at the Bloomberg View\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices