Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as Chairman and Faculty Director at the Mercatus Center. He is a co-author of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and Co-Founder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University. An esteemed economist, Cowen is the author of several bestselling books and is widely published in academic journals and the popular media. He is the host of Conversations with Tyler, a popular podcast series featuring today's most underrated thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. He was previously a Columnist with Bloomberg View and the New York Times.
Tyler Cowen Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Faculty Director
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Professor of Economics, George Mason University
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Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics
Academic History
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Ph.D., Economics
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B.S., Economics
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
General Director, Mercatus Center
Co-Author, Marginal Revolution
Host, Conversations with Tyler
Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics
Founder, Emergent Ventures
General Director, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy
RECOGNITIONS
2017 Leonard E. Read Distinguished Alumni Award
2011 Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers
2011 Bloomberg's America's Hottest Economist
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Dubbed a “cult hero” by New York magazine, Cowen is the favorite cultural critic of the economically literate.
His blog, Marginal Revolution, was named the best economics blog on the web by The Wall Street Journal and is one of TIME.
Cowen is a contributor to numerous encyclopedias and other volumes, and author of nearly 100 scholarly articles and reviews.
His research has been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, Ethics, and Philosophy and Public Affairs.
His popular articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Wilson Quarterly, Forbes, Utne Reader, Slate, Phi Beta Kappa Forum, National Post, Newsweek, and more.