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#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity

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Tyler Cowen is an economist, writer, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(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