How can employers find workers that fit and elevate their organizations? Where are the “diamonds in the rough” that everyone else is missing? In his book Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives and Winners Around the World, Economist Tyler Cowen and entrepreneur Daniel Gross point out helpful strategies for hiring managers to find job seekers to who aim to be noticed by the right people. Tyler also dives into his journey into economics, sharing his takes on AI, skills, modern hiring practices, and the many projects that occupy his day-to-day.

Mentioned in the episode

Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World

Tyler Cowen chess prodigy

Marginal Revolution Blog

Fee Seminar economics

The Incredible Bread Machine

Henry Hazlitt - Economics in One Lesson

Hayek – Use of Knowledge in Society

Friedman

Rothbard

Mises

Ayn Rand

Adam Smith - Wealth of Nations, Theory of Moral Sentiments

Walter Grinder - Center for Libertarian Studies, Institute for Humane Studies

Daniel Gross

Emergent Ventures

Allen Iverson

Kyrie Irving

George Mason University

Noncognitive skills

AI hiring systems

GPT-3

Supplemental AI

Veronique de Rugy