1. Tyler Cowen is an American economist, columnist, blogger, and podcaster.
18 Facts About Tyler Cowen
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Tyler Cowen is a professor at George Mason University, where he holds the Holbert L Harris chair in the economics department.
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Tyler Cowen writes for such publications as The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and the Wilson Quarterly.
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Tyler Cowen is general director of George Mason's Mercatus Center, a university research center that focuses on the market economy.
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Tyler Cowen was ranked at number 72 among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" in 2011 by Foreign Policy.
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Tyler Cowen was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey and attended Pascack Valley High School.
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Tyler Cowen graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in 1983 and received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1987 with his thesis titled Essays in the theory of welfare economics.
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Tyler Cowen argues that free markets change culture for the better, allowing them to evolve into something more people want.
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Tyler Cowen has written books on fame, art and cultural trade.
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Tyler Cowen's dining guide for the DC area, "Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide", has been written about by The Washington Post and Washington City Paper.
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Since 2015, Cowen has hosted the podcast Conversations with Tyler.
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Conversations with Tyler is Cowen's podcast produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason.
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Tyler Cowen co-wrote a paper with philosopher Derek Parfit arguing against the social discount rate.
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Tyler Cowen has been described as a "libertarian bargainer" who can influence practical policy making, yet he endorsed bank bailouts in his March 2,2009 column in The New York Times.
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Tyler Cowen has described himself as a liberal on most social issues and supports same-sex marriage.
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In July 2019, Tyler Cowen co-authored an essay in The Atlantic with Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison calling for a "new science of progress".
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In July 2023, Tyler Cowen joined "The Growth Commission", a non-partisan group convened by former UK prime minister Liz Truss to promote economic policies that promote growth.
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Tyler Cowen is a teetotaler, stating he is "with the Mormons" on alcohol, later stating: "I encourage people to just completely, voluntarily abstain from alcohol and make it a social norm".