Tyler Cowen

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field = Culture
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Tyler Cowen (pronounced IPA|) (b. January 21, 1962) occupies the Holbert C. Harris Chair of economics as a professor at George Mason University and is co-author, with Alex Tabarrok, of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution. He currently writes the "Economic Scene" column for the "New York Times" and writes for such magazines as "The New Republic".

Education

After graduating in 1983 with a B.S. from George Mason, in 1987 Cowen received his Ph.D. at Harvard, where he was mentored by 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics winner, game theorist, and Harvard professor Thomas Schelling. [ [http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/10/schelling_and_a_1.html Marginal Revolution: Thomas Schelling, new Nobel Laureate ] ]

Writings

Cowen's primary research interest is the economics of culture and has written books on fame ("What Price Fame?"), art ("In Praise of Commercial Culture") and cultural trade ("Creative Destruction: How Globalization is Changing the World's Cultures"). In " [http://books.google.com/books?id=zK6slb9fZykC&dq=Tyler+Cowen&pg=PP1&ots=cFu0Wi6NJw&sig=4CnAf6BfoL1LPo67tDwzFI0p0pI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPP1,M1 Markets and Cultural Voices] ", he relays how globalization is changing the world of three Mexican amate painters. For Cowen, free markets change culture for the better, allowing them to evolve into something more people want. Other books include "Public Goods and Market Failures", "The Theory of Market Failure", "Explorations in the New Monetary Economics", "Risk and Business Cycles", "Economic Welfare", and "New Theories of Market Failure". His newest work, "Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist", was published in August 2007. Cowen's "New York Times" columns cover a wide range of issues, including such topical issues as the 2008 financial crisis, " [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/business/14view.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=tyler%20cowen&st=cse&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Too Few Regulations? No, Just Ineffective Ones] ."

Dining guide

His dining guide for the D.C. area, "Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide", was reprinted in the Food section of "The Washington Post".

Ideology

Cowen has been classified as a "libertarian bargainer" - someone of libertarian ideals who is not so radical that he cannot influence the "currently powerful". [Klein, Daniel B. " [http://www.ratio.se/pdf/wp/wp_dk_mere.pdf Mere Libertarianism: Blending Hayek and Rothbard] ". "Reason Papers". Vol. 27: Fall 2004.] This puts him closer to Friedrich Hayek than an anarcho-capitalist such as Murray Rothbard or an anti-establishmentarian like Ludwig von Mises. In a 2007 article entitled " [http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/11/tyler-cowen/the-paradox-of-libertarianism/ The Paradox of Libertarianism] ," Cowen argued that libertarians "should embrace a world with growing wealth, growing positive liberty, and yes, growing government. We don’t have to favor the growth in government per se, but we do need to recognize that sometimes it is a package deal." His argument was subsequently criticized by Bryan Caplan [ [http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2007/03/worst_advice_to.html EconLog, Worst Advice to Libertarians "Ever"?, Bryan Caplan: Library of Economics and Liberty ] ] , Justin Raimondo [ [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10682 Libertarianism and the Great Divide- by Justin Raimondo ] ] , Christopher Westley [ [http://www.lewrockwell.com/westley/westley22.html The Real Libertarian Paradox by Christopher Westley ] ] and Doug MacKenzie. [ [http://blog.mises.org/archives/006396.asp Tyler's Paradox - Mises Economics Blog ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/ Tyler Cowen's Web Page at GMU]
* [http://www.marginalrevolution.com Marginal Revolution]
* [http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/19th%20Cowen.htm Cowen's Ethnic Food Guide. 19th Edition.]
* [http://www.centerforstudyofpublicchoice.com/ Center for the Study of Public Choice]
* [http://www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com/ Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/business/worldbusiness/07scene.html?ex=1315281600&en=840cb033ccee4ee6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss China Is Big Trouble for the U.S. Balance of Trade, Right? Well, Not So Fast]
* [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2007/03/cowen_on_libert_1.html Podcast featuring Cowen] Cowen discusses liberty and leisure on EconTalk
* [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2007/09/cowen_on_your_i.html Podcast featuring Cowen] Cowen discusses his new book, "Discover Your Inner Economist", on EconTalk
* [http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2007/07/whats_wrong_with_cuteonomics.cfm What's wrong with cute-o-nomics?]
* [http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/cowenColumns.htm Cowen's columns for "Slate" and the "New York Times"]
* [http://www.nysun.com/article/63867 Review of Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism"]
* [http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/34981/ New York Books Review of "Discover Your Inner Economist"]
* [http://colinmarshall.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=297865 An interview with Tyler Cowen on "The Marketplace of Ideas"]