THINK 2016: In Conversation with Prof. Tyler Cowen

THINK 2016: In Conversation with Prof. Tyler Cowen



Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and also Director of the Mercatus Center. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1987. His book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better was a New York Times best-seller. He was recently named in an Economist poll as one of the most influential economists of the last decade and recently Bloomberg BusinessWeek dubbed him “America’s Hottest Economist”. Foreign Policy magazine named him as one of its “Top 100 Global Thinkers” of 2011. His latest book Average is over: Powering America out of the Great Stagnation focused on the implications of growing inequality. He also co-writes a blog at www.marginalrevolution.com and he has recently initiated an online economics education project, MRUniversity.com.



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