Tyler Cowen
American · b. 1962
Tyler Cowen is an American economist at George Mason University and one of the most widely read economic bloggers, known for his prolific output at Marginal Revolution and his podcast Conversations with Tyler. His books include The Great Stagnation (2011) and Stubborn Attachments (2018). Cowen is unusual among rationalist-adjacent intellectuals for his serious engagement with art, food, and culture, arguing that aesthetic cultivation is a mark of genuine sophistication.
Episodes
Fleeting mentions
- 67. Middlemarch, part 1: A wish-fulfilment fantasy for spergy scholars
- 62. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Thank God for Incognito Mode
- 56. Moby Dick, part 2: A conceptual analysis of Whiteness
- 55. Moby Dick, part 1: My name is Ishmael and my special interest is whales
- 53. DYEL wrapped: Most beloved and hated books of 2025
- 41. Truth of Fact, Truth of Fiction: Is Ted Chiang a Luddite?
- 33. Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, part 1: A legion of horribles
- 27. Chekhov urself before u wreck-ov urself (The Little Trilogy)
- 26. Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: War and love
- 21. The Tragedy of Hamlet: The O.G. annoying theatre kid
- 15. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot: The One TRUE Interpretation
- 13. The Razor's Edge, part 2: Lay your hands on me Larry
- 11. Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, part 3: Was David Foster Wallace a hideous man?
- 7. Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse, part 2: Portrait of the autist as an old man
- 3. Michel Houellebecq's Map and the Territory, part 3: The world is weary of me and I am weary of it
- 2. Michel Houellebecq's Map and the Territory, part 2: Post-industrial society and its discontents