Most of us are not pure self-starters; most people need role models, they need coaches, they need exemplars, they maybe need some… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Countries with lots of unmarried young men are the most vulnerable to sudden upheavals - this is what fueled the Arab Spring. — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
In truth, it's not the shareholders of the American International Group who benefited most from its bailout; they were mostly wiped out.… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I've been a foodie most of my life. I started when I lived for a year in Germany in my early 20s,… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I think as individuals, people overrate the virtues of local food. Most of the energy consumption in our food system is not… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I think higher ed in the U.S. is fairly healthy, and by global standards it dominates, and it makes people more productive.… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Economics evolved as a more moral and more egalitarian approach to policy than prevailed in its surrounding milieu. Let's cherish and extend… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Most restaurants in most cities, including Washington, are at a sort of mid-level. They're somewhat trendy, or they have some sort of… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Vietnamese food has probably been saved from the mass market because most people never master the sauces and condiments that must be… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
At least in the United States, most economic resentment is not directed toward billionaires or high-roller financiers - not even corrupt ones.… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
When humans team up with computers to play chess, the humans who do best are not necessarily the strongest players. They're the ones who… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“The great adventures of life, the surprise of strangers, of strangeness, of the electric and eclectic moments of happenstance, and also of extreme ambition,… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“Mark Liszewski, executive director of the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (Hershey, Pennsylvania), remarked: “Instead of Ford versus Chevy, it’s Apple versus Android.… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“Americans are in fact working much harder than before to postpone change, or to avoid it altogether, and that is true whether we’re talking… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“three-quarters of today’s youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four are unfit to serve for one reason or another.” — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“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… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
A lot of local food is very tasty. I'm very happy to eat it. I just don't think it's the same thing as saving… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Sports is remarkably cognitive. I think it's underrated just how smart it is. Actually, if I had more time, I would spend more time… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“In other words, a culture of the casual is a culture of people who already have achieved something and who already can prove it.… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I see three forces militating in favor of growing inequality: increasing measurement of worker value added, automation through smart software, and globalization. — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
