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#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
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OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(07:24) - Economics
(09:16) - Nuclear war
(16:03) - The American dream
(23:16) - Capitalism: pros and cons
(29:50) - Is competition good for the world?
(31:53) - Free market
(32:57) - Anarchy
(35:23) - Ayn Rand
(40:04) - The case for big business
(44:31) - Clubhouse
(49:35) - Loneliness
(51:47) - Eric Weinstein and economic growth
(56:08) - Communism
(58:58) - Putin
(1:04:29) - China
(1:09:21) - UBI
(1:13:17) - Disagreement with Eric Weinstein
(1:17:09) - Money, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
(1:25:20) - WallStreetBets
(1:29:16) - MIT
(1:36:44) - UFO sightings
(1:44:03) - Contemporary art is misunderstood
(1:51:06) - Mexican food is the best in the world
(1:55:56) - Jiro Dreams of Sushi
(1:59:59) - Book recommendations
(2:02:15) - Advice for young people
(2:05:53) - Love
(2:11:35) - Mortality
(2:13:25) - Meaning of life
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EPISODE LINKS:
Tyler's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylercowen
Tyler's Blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/
Conversations with Tyler (Podcast): https://conversationswithtyler.com/
Big Business (Book): https://amzn.to/2OBPbaK
Tyler's Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Cowen
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips
SUPPORT & CONNECT:
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- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman
OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(07:24) - Economics
(09:16) - Nuclear war
(16:03) - The American dream
(23:16) - Capitalism: pros and cons
(29:50) - Is competition good for the world?
(31:53) - Free market
(32:57) - Anarchy
(35:23) - Ayn Rand
(40:04) - The case for big business
(44:31) - Clubhouse
(49:35) - Loneliness
(51:47) - Eric Weinstein and economic growth
(56:08) - Communism
(58:58) - Putin
(1:04:29) - China
(1:09:21) - UBI
(1:13:17) - Disagreement with Eric Weinstein
(1:17:09) - Money, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
(1:25:20) - WallStreetBets
(1:29:16) - MIT
(1:36:44) - UFO sightings
(1:44:03) - Contemporary art is misunderstood
(1:51:06) - Mexican food is the best in the world
(1:55:56) - Jiro Dreams of Sushi
(1:59:59) - Book recommendations
(2:02:15) - Advice for young people
(2:05:53) - Love
(2:11:35) - Mortality
(2:13:25) - Meaning of life