November 8, 2009
Tyler Cowen: Be Suspicious of Stories
Like all of us, economist Tyler Cowen loves a good story. But in this intriguing talk from TEDxMidAtlantic, he asks us to step away from thinking of our lives -- and our messy, complicated, irrational world -- in terms of a simple narrative.
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