In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, Michael Chui talks to Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, who serves as chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. With colleague Alex Tabarrok, Cowen is coauthor of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and cofounder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University.


This conversation was recorded in September 2022. To read a transcript of this episode, visit:
 https://mck.co/TylerCowen


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In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, Michael Chui talks to Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, who serves as chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. With colleague Alex Tabarrok, Cowen is coauthor of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and cofounder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University.
<p>This conversation was recorded in September 2022. To read a transcript of this episode, visit:<br> https://mck.co/TylerCowen
<p>Follow @McKinsey_MGI on Twitter and the McKinsey Global Institute on LinkedIn for more.</p>

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