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.

“I think of my central contribution, or what I’m trying to have it be, is teaching people to think of counter arguments. I’m 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’m a little disappointed.”

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Cowen on Longform

[01:10] @maxlinsky

[01:30] Marginal Revolution

[01:50] Tyler Cowen’s Ethnic Dining Guide

[02:00] In Praise of Commercial Culture (Harvard University Press • 1998)

[03:20] "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer" (The Metropolitan Museum of Art • Nov 2017)

[03:25] "The Exterminating Angel" (The Metropolitan Opera • Oct 2017)

[09:30] The Complacent Class (St. Martin’s Press • 2017)

[13:05] "Job Creation and Firm Dynamics in the United States" (John Haltiwanger • University of Chicago Press • April 2011)

[13:25] "The School That Won’t Let Students Play Tag or Hold Hands" (Eleanor Barkhorn• The Atlantic • Nov 2013)

[13:30] "Middle School Bans Student’s Star Wars T-Shirt of Stormtrooper Holding a Gun" (Alex Griswold • Mediaite • Dec 2015)

[42:25] "Ethiopian" (Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide • March 2006)

[42:30] "Afghan Bistro" (Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide • Sept 2016)

[42:35] "Elephant Jumps" (Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide • March 2014)

[43:20] "Erdogan Guards Will Face Charges for Beating D.C. Protesters" (Caroline Bankoff • NY Mag • June 2017)

[43:50] Cowen’s Archive at the Bloomberg View

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