Samfundstanker 72: Tyler Cowen on the moral argument for high economic growth

In this week’s episode of ´Samfundstanker´, our special guest is Tyler Cowen. Cowen is professor of economics at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1987. He serves as the general director of the Mercatus Center, which is a research center focused on the market economy. Tyler Cowen is widely considered one of the most respected and influential economists over the past decades. He visits the podcast to discuss the moral argument for high economic growth and discusses the relationship between growth and issues like general happiness, geopolitics in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the transition to a society with net zero carbon emissions.
Links:
Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals the
complacent class: the self-defeating quest for the american dream
Tyler Cowen podcast: conversationswithtyler.com/
The Great Reversal - How America Gave Up on Free Market by Thomas Philippon
Recorded: 14.03.2022
Contact to podcast host: [e-mail]

[@rjh7728]

Tyler Cowen is like a robot that can produce unlimited amounts of relevant insightful information. I can’t get enough of this guy.

[@teddycummings3630]

Tyler is just the best

[@mistahtut]

Fantastic interview, Danes apparently have great TV

[@silvercomic]

36:44 Cowen: "Danemark is too conformist." Interviewer: "I agree."

[@henrikbdynesen6444]

Glimrende interview. Lidt pernittengryn måske, men jeg undrer mig over, hvordan oversættelsen af, hvad jeg hører som “It’s relatively closed to outsiders” bliver til “De tangerer outsiders”…?

[@understandingwealth6760]

Wealth doesn't equal happiness, partly because a lot of wealth is in the hands of looters. Productive achievement is probably a better standard but productivity only translates to wealth in a system of purely voluntary exchange. Unfortunately, much of the wealth in the world is taken by force from peaceful people every day.

[@williamjanis1082]

Does Elon Musk avoid hiring sycophants? Did Steve Jobs surround himself with sycophants?