Tyler Cowen on Big Business

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🗓️ 19 August 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Author and economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks about his book, Big Business, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Cowen argues that big corporations in America are underrated and under-appreciated. He even defends the financial sector while adding some caveats along the way. This is a lively and contrarian look at a timely issue.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts, of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:12.6	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:17.6	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:20.5	We'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:24.8	back to 2006.
0:27.0	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:29.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:31.0	Today is July 18, 2019, and my guest is Polymath, economist, colonist, speed reader, author,
0:40.7	blogger, and now podcaster, Tyler Cowan, an obj.
0:44.2	Mason University, he blogs with Alex Tabarock at Marginal Revolution.
0:48.7	His podcast is Conversations with Tyler.
0:51.2	He writes a regular column for Bloomberg.
0:53.6	This is his 11th appearance on econtalk.
0:56.8	Our topic today is his latest book, Big Business, a love letter to an American anti-hero.
1:02.8	Tyler, welcome back to econtalk.
1:04.8	Thank you for having me, Russ.
1:05.8	Always a pleasure.
1:06.8	Now, my list of your skills and activities left off the word provocateur, and I want to
1:13.5	start by asking why you would write a love letter to Big Business.
1:17.2	It strikes me as a really bad idea.
1:19.8	I've spent much of my career fighting people who can fuse business with capitalism, and
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