Tyler Cowen facts for kids
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Tyler Cowen
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| Born | January 21, 1962 |
| Institution | George Mason University |
| Field | Cultural economics |
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Neoclassical economics American libertarianism |
| Alma mater | George Mason University (BS) Harvard University (MS, PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor |
Thomas Schelling |
| Influences | Chicago School Carl Menger Plato |
Tyler Cowen (born January 21, 1962) is an American economist, writer, and blogger. He is a professor at George Mason University. He holds a special position there in the economics department.
Tyler Cowen writes for important newspapers and websites. He has a column called "Economic Scene" in The New York Times. Since 2016, he has also written for Bloomberg Opinion. He also shares his ideas in magazines like The New Republic and Newsweek.
He is also the director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. This center studies how the market economy works. In 2018, Tyler and his team started Emergent Ventures. This program gives money and support to people with big, new ideas.
In 2011, Foreign Policy magazine named him among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers." Also in 2011, The Economist magazine asked experts which economists were most important. Tyler Cowen was one of the top choices.
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Early Life and Education
Tyler Cowen grew up in Hillsdale, New Jersey. He went to Pascack Valley High School. When he was only 15, he became the youngest New Jersey state chess champion ever. His family has Irish roots.
He earned his first degree in economics from George Mason University in 1983. Later, he received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1987. His PhD paper was about ideas for making society better. At Harvard, a famous game theory expert named Thomas Schelling was his mentor. Schelling later won the Nobel Prize in Economics. Tyler Cowen is married to Natasha Cowen, who is a lawyer.
His Writings
Culture and Economics
Tyler Cowen has studied how money and art connect. He has written books about fame, art, and how cultures trade ideas. In his book Creative Destruction, he talks about how globalization changes cultures around the world. He believes that free markets help cultures grow and change for the better.
He also wrote about how three Mexican amate painters were affected by globalization. He thinks that free markets help culture improve.
Books He Has Written
- Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World (2022) – This book is about finding talented people.
- Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero (2019) – This book looks at big businesses in America.
- The Age of the Infovore: Succeeding in the Information Economy (2010) – This book is about how to do well in a world full of information.
- Explorations in the New Monetary Economics (1994) – This book explores new ideas about money.
The New York Times Columns
Tyler Cowen's columns for The New York Times cover many different topics. For example, he wrote about the 2008 financial crisis.
Dining Guide
He also created a guide for restaurants in the D.C. area. It is called "Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide." This guide has been written about by newspapers like The Washington Post.
Podcast and Blog
Since 2015, Tyler Cowen has hosted a podcast called Conversations with Tyler. He also writes an economics blog called Marginal Revolution. He writes this blog with his co-author Alex Tabarrok. They also run a website called Marginal Revolution University.
His Ideas on Society and Government
Tyler Cowen has written about how society should work and about right and wrong. He has worked with other thinkers on these topics.
He is often described as a "libertarian bargainer." This means he can help shape government policies. In 2007, he wrote that libertarians should accept that wealth and freedom might grow along with government. He said that this can sometimes be a "package deal."
In 2012, a journalist named David Brooks called Tyler Cowen "one of the most influential bloggers on the right." Brooks said that Cowen starts with libertarian ideas but uses them in a flexible way.
In 2014, Tyler Cowen shared his views on his blog. He said he generally supports more immigration but not completely open borders. He also said he is a liberal on most social issues. He supports market-based solutions for economic problems.
In 2020, he introduced a new idea called "State Capacity Libertarianism." This idea is different from traditional libertarianism. It recognizes that the government has a role in funding big projects. It also supports a foreign policy that is not isolated from other countries.
Tyler Cowen supports same-sex marriage. After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2015, he said it was "exciting and very positive news."
In 2019, he wrote an essay with Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison. They asked for a "new science of progress" to help society improve faster.
Conversations with Tyler Podcast
Conversations with Tyler is a podcast hosted only by Tyler Cowen. It is made by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His guests are usually authors and academics. But he has also talked with athletes like Martina Navratilova and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He has also interviewed military leaders, business people like Mark Zuckerberg, and novelists.
The podcast has two regular parts:
- "Underrated/Overrated": Guests are given a list of cultural works or ideas. They quickly say if they agree with how popular or important these things are.
- The [guest name] Production Function: Guests talk about their personal habits for being productive and getting things done.
Tyler Cowen often says that the podcast is "the conversation I want to have."
See also
In Spanish: Tyler Cowen para niños
