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Tyler Cowen

What Tyler Cowen thinks about government

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Economist at George Mason University, co-author of Marginal Revolution, host of Conversations with Tyler. Writes in short, dense claims about economics, culture and AI, and has moved his position on AI in public more than once.

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Only Tyler Cowen on government. See everyone on government

6 dated positions, 2023 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tyler Cowen has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingPost-unification Germany has made many policy mistakes and lost much former leadership, and much pessimism about it seems justified.

    Their wordsSo many policy mistakes have been made. So much leadership lost in the areas mentioned above. So much pessimism, sadly a lot of it seems to be justified.

    ↗Bundesrepublik Deutschlandmarginalrevolution.com

  2. 6 days earlier

  3. Our readingA ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.

    Their wordsThe policy creates a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.

    ↗Banning self-recursive improvement in AI models?marginalrevolution.com

  4. 3 years earlier

  5. Our readingThere is no clearly defined notion of who the right people are to entrust with power, which warrants deep skepticism of government on public choice grounds.

    Their wordsI am myself skeptical that there is a clearly defined notion of who “the right people” might be, and thus I am on public choice grounds far more skeptical of government than Keynes was.

    ↗GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?tylercowen.com All 25 from this book

  7. Our readingBoth markets and states are spontaneous orders, not just the state as constructed 'taxis' versus the market as 'cosmos'.

    Their wordsIn my own view, both markets and states are spontaneous orders, and government is not uniquely the product of “taxis” or “rationalist constructivism.”

    ↗GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?tylercowen.com All 25 from this book

  9. Our readingMoral hazard problems are often worse in government programs than in private markets.

    Their wordsThe truth is that moral hazard concerns very often are worse with government programs than with markets.

    ↗GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?tylercowen.com All 25 from this book

  11. Our readingIntelligent liberal elites can badly mismanage the colonies they govern, in ways that persist for decades or centuries.

    Their wordsA simple understanding of coalitions, political competition, and limited resources will bring you rather quickly to the conclusion that intelligent liberal elites can screw up their colonies pretty badly and in ways that can persist for decades or centuries.

    ↗GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?tylercowen.com All 25 from this book