Tyler Cowen
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Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason UniversityDistinguished Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsFaculty 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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Want To Be Wealthy? You Might Try Therapy | Bloomberg Opinion
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AI’s Rise Means Change Will Happen Even Faster | Bloomberg Opinion
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Tyler Cowen on the GOAT in Economics | The Human Action
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Censorship of U.S. movies in China
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Tyler Cowen on the Greatest Economist of All Time and Other Macro Awards
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Want To Be Wealthy? You Might Try Therapy | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
AI’s Rise Means Change Will Happen Even Faster | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Tyler Cowen on the GOAT in Economics | The Human Action
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Censorship of U.S. movies in China
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Tyler Cowen on the Greatest Economist of All Time and Other Macro Awards
Latest Work
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New Laws to Regulate AI Would Be Premature | Bloomberg Opinion
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Stop Worrying That AI Will Cause the Market To Crash | Bloomberg Opinion
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Sports Are Part of the College Curriculum, Too | Bloomberg Opinion
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