Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen

Formal First Name
Tyler
Dates
1962 - present
Location

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.

Professional Experience


Academic History

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

  • Professor of Economics, George Mason University

  • 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.