Tyler Cowen on Stubborn Attachments, Prosperity, and the Good Society

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🗓️ 7 August 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Tyler Cowen of George Mason University and the co-host of the blog Marginal Revolution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Stubborn Attachments, his book-length treatment of how to think about public policy. Cowen argues that economic growth--properly defined--is the moral key to maintaining civilization and promoting human well-being. Along the way, the conversation also deals with inequality, environmental issues, and education.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:09.3	I'm your host, Russ Roberts, of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:13.8	Our website is econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:18.9	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.7	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:26.1	back to 2006.
0:28.3	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:30.8	We'd love to hear from you.
0:34.4	Today is July 24th, 2017.
0:36.8	My guest is Tyler Cowan, the Holbert L. Harris chair of Economics at George Mason University.
0:42.9	He is chair and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason with Alex Taburaki
0:48.5	blogs daily at March Revolution and co-founder with Alex of the online educational platform
0:54.9	at the University of Michigan.
0:55.9	Our national revolution university is also a regular columnist for Bloomberg View and
1:00.1	host of the podcast conversations with Tyler.
1:03.5	Tyler, welcome back to Econ Talk.
1:05.7	Thank you, Russ, for having me.
1:07.0	Always a pleasure.
1:08.0	It's your tenth appearance.
1:10.4	That's great.
1:11.4	I know.
1:12.4	It's as, it's put you in the elite group of double-digit guests.
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