Joining me today is a professor of economics at George Mason University, the host of Conversations

with Tyler Podcast and the author of Stubborn Attachments of Vision for a Society of Free,

Prosperous and Responsible Individuals.

Tyler Cowan, welcome to the Ruben Report.

My pleasure.

Now I did your podcast once and I believe that the first question you asked me was, do

I like being on the interviewing side or in the interview side?

So I'm going to start with the same exact question.

I spent the first half of my life being interviewed, the last fifth of my life being the interviewer

for 58 segments and now I'm being interviewed.

So for me, so we come full circle and then around halfway around together saying, there's

less preparation when you're being interviewed.

So that's easier.

Yeah.

So I'm thrilled that you're here.

I've wanted to have you on for quite some time.

You are sort of for so many of the people that have influenced me, you have influenced them.

So I think there's a certain beauty this and we're going to do a lot on economics and all

sorts of stuff here.

But I always like to start with sort of a little bit of background, just sort of where you're

from and history before we get into the meat.

So I'll be a little bit about Tyler Cowan.

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