Tyler Cowen on Stubborn Attachments, Prosperity, and the Good Society
Tyler Cowen of George Mason University and the co-host of the blog Marginal Revolution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Stubborn Attachments, his book-length treatment of how to think about public policy. Cowen argues that economic growth--properly defined--is the...
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Bruce G Charlton
Mar 12 2007 at 1:39pm
Weird but nice to hear my question read out (and discussed) – even though it was an embarrasingly looong question…
If only it was always possible to ask the people you read to explain things in this way.
TC sounded different from how I imagined – more of an Ivy League accent (was it? – rounded vowels) than I expected, and a bit reluctant to speak (bashful?) at first but he warmed up as things proceeded.
These relaxed, thorough interviews are an amazing insight into people.
My favourite section was discussing the unanticipated way that economics works well as a blog topic, as contrasted with (say) philosophy – and how the blogs democratized the flavour of a good graduate school discussion. I think law seems to work well too (Instapundit, Althouse).
Basically, its nice to hear people who like their work talk about their work – one of my favourite bloggers is Sippican Cottage who makes fine furniture.
Magezi Rubaale
Mar 19 2007 at 11:27am
My topics of interest are on the effects of policy change on poverty reduction in developing countries where i want to get a PHD in Economics
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