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Alex Tabarrok on the Elements of Economic Growth and the Decline of Dynamism

Published: Sept. 9, 2019, 4:30 a.m.

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Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University and holds the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center. Alex has written widely on long run economic growth and joins the show today to talk about it. David and Alex also discuss how capital relates to economic growth, the impact of regulation on dynamism, and the important distinction between \\u201ccatch-up\\u201d and \\u201ccutting edge\\u201d growth.

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Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/09092019/alex-tabarrok-elements-economic-growth-and-decline-dynamism

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Alex\\u2019s Twitter: @ATabarrok

Alex\\u2019s Mercatus profile: https://asp.mercatus.org/alexander-tabarrok

Alex and Tyler\\u2019s blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/

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Related Links:

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*Modern Principles of Economics* by Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen

https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Loose-leaf--Version-for--Modern-Principles-of-Economics-4E--FlipIt-for-Survey-of-Economics-Six-Months-Access-4E-Online/p/131909872X

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*Is Regulation to Blame for the Decline in American Entrepreneurship?* by Alex Tabarrok and Nathan Goldschlag

https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy/article/33/93/5/4833996

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*Population Growth and Technological Change: One Million B.C. to 1990* by Michael Kremer

https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~walker/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kremer1993.pdf

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*Why are the Prices so Damn High?* by Alex Tabarrok and Eric Helland

https://www.mercatus.org/publications/healthcare/why-are-prices-so-damn-high

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*The Value of Health and Longevity* by Kevin Murphy and Robert Topel

https://www.nber.org/papers/w11405

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David\\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David\\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

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