“If your view is that the future per se matters as much as the present, then you are led to maximizing sustainable economic growth.”
In this episode we are joined by Tyler Cowen, economist at George Mason University. Cowen writes the "Economic Scene" column for The New York Times and since 2016 has been a regular opinion columnist at Bloomberg Opinion.
Here Cowen speaks about his book Stubborn attachments, and argues that our reason and common sense can help free us of the faulty ideas that hold us back as people and as a society and makes the contemporary moral case for economic growth as well as provide inspiration and optimism about our future possibilities.
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Intractable by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Tyler Cowen | Civilization as Crusonia Plant, Stubborn Attachments and Future Discounting