Tyler Cowen
- Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, Distinguished Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Faculty Director, Mercatus Center
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as chairman and faculty director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. With colleague Alex Tabarrok, Cowen is co-author of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and co-founder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University.
A dedicated writer and communicator of economic ideas, Cowen is the author of several bestselling books and is widely published in academic journals and the popular media. Cowen’s latest project is a generative book, GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter? Readers are encouraged to use AI chatbots to interact with the manuscript and create their own versions of the book.
In 2022, Cowen and co-author Daniel Gross published the the book Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World. He writes a column for Bloomberg View and was previously a columnist with the The New York Times. His research has been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, Ethics, and Philosophy and Public Affairs.
Cowen is the founder of Emergent Ventures, an incubator fellowship and grant program for social entrepreneurs with highly scalable ideas for meaningfully improving society. As a response to the 2020 pandemic, Cowen created Fast Grants, an offshoot of Emergent Ventures, to swiftly support scientists working on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. In total, Fast Grants raised more than $50 million and awarded 260 grants toward critical research.
Cowen is host of Conversations with Tyler, a popular podcast series featuring today's most underrated thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. Past guests include David Brooks, Malcolm Gladwell, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Cowen graduated from George Mason University with a BS in economics and received his PhD in economics from Harvard University.
Latest Work
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Has Bidenomics Worked? It’s Too Soon to Say | Bloomberg Opinion
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Has Bidenomics Worked? It’s Too Soon to Say | Bloomberg Opinion
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What’s the Future of Advertising? Ask Sora | Bloomberg Opinion
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Could Recessions Actually Help Save Lives? | Bloomberg Opinion
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Californians Are Dreaming of Lower Taxes | Bloomberg Opinion
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AM Radio Has Its Place, Just Not in My Car | Bloomberg Opinion
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Has Bidenomics Worked? It’s Too Soon to Say | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Has Bidenomics Worked? It’s Too Soon to Say | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
What’s the Future of Advertising? Ask Sora | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Could Recessions Actually Help Save Lives? | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Californians Are Dreaming of Lower Taxes | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
AM Radio Has Its Place, Just Not in My Car | Bloomberg Opinion
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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When the going was good: The balance sheet of the Clinton administration
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Censorship of U.S. movies in China
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
How to Learn and Teach Economics with Large Language Models, Including GPT
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Legal Liability and COVID-19 Recovery
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Autistics appear different, but also are different, and this should be valued
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Antitrust and Competition Antitrust and Competition
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Big Business
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
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Average is Over
Latest Work
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If Econs Could Hoop | The New Bazaar
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Economist Tyler Cowen on How ChatGPT Is Changing Your Job | Every
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Who Is the Greatest Economist of All Time? | “The Curious Task”
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Economics, Philosophy, Religion, Literature, and Much More | Undertone
Latest Work
- | U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis: Tipping-Point Scenarios and Crash Dynamics U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis: Tipping-Point Scenarios and Crash Dynamics
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Introduction to Symposium on U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis: Tipping-Point Scenarios and Crash Dynamics
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis: Tipping-Point Scenarios and Crash Dynamics
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Has Bidenomics Worked? It’s Too Soon to Say | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Has Bidenomics Worked? It’s Too Soon to Say | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
What’s the Future of Advertising? Ask Sora | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Could Recessions Actually Help Save Lives? | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Californians Are Dreaming of Lower Taxes | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary