The following is a conversation with Tyler Cohen, an economist at George Mason University

and co-creator of an amazing economics blog called Marginal Revolution.

Author of many books, including The Great's Dagnation, Average Is Over, and His Most Recent

Big Business, a love letter to an American anti-hero. He's truly a polymath in his work,

including his love for food, which makes this amazing podcast called Conversations with Tyler

really fun to listen to. Quick mention of our sponsors, LinNode, ExpressVPN, Simply Safe,

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As a side note given Tyler's culinary explorations, let me say that one of the things that makes me

sad about my love-hate relationship with food is that while I've found a simple diet playing

meat veggies that makes me happy in day-to-day life, I sometimes wish I had the mental ability to

moderate consumption of food so that I could truly enjoy meals that go way outside of that diet.

I've seen my mom, for example, enjoy a single piece of chocolate, and yet if I were to eat one

piece of chocolate, the odds are high that I would end up eating the whole box. This is definitely

something I would like to fix because some of the amazing artistry in this world happens in the

kitchen and some of the richest human experiences happen over a unique meal. I recently was eating

cheeseburgers with Joe Rogan and John Donahar, late at night in Austin, talking about Jiu-Jitsu and

life, and I was distinctly aware of the magic of that experience. Magic made possible by the

incredibly delicious cheeseburgers. As usual, I'll do a few minutes of ads now, I'll try to make

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