Tyler Cowen





Tyler Cowen

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Tyler Cowen (born 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 and The Wilson Quarterly.

Cowen's primary research interest is the economics of culture. He 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 Markets and Cultural Voices, he relays how globalization is changing the world of three Mexican amate painters. Cowen argues that free mar...more


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Morgan Warstler points me to this article:


Mexican congressmen voted on Tuesday to change a law that makes it difficult for foreigners to own beach homes in Mexico.


The law prevents any foreigner from directly owning a home that is located within 50 kilometers of Mexico’s coasts. Foreigners in Mexico are also banned from owning homes that are located within 100 kilometers of the country’s inter...

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“Once you're using sides and sauces you're on the right track and you're also following the general principles about how to eat well in the United States.”
Tyler Cowen, An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies

“Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe… Our love of art is often quite temporary, dependent upon our moods, and our love of art is subservient to our demand for a positive self image. How we look at art should account for those imperfections and work around them.

Keep in mind that books, like art museums, are not always geared to the desires of the reader. Maybe we think we are supposed to like tough books, but are we? Who says? Many writers (and art museums) produce for quite a small subsample of the… public.”
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“Food is a product of supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers are creative, and the demanders are informed.”
Tyler Cowen, An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies

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