Last month, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok launched their Marginal Revolution Podcast.
If you follow either of these two economists, you know they've been writing a blog of the same name for over 20 years. What I love about Tyler and Alex is their ability to break down complex economics in an accessible way to the layperson without dumbing it down. In other words, they teach their audience. This intelligent accessibility has marked their writing on Marginal Revolution. And now they are doing the same thing on their podcast.
Tyler and Alex’s podcast is worthy of your time, but I wanted to highlight their work because so much of what they do embodies the Mercatus ethos. Tyler has been a part of Mercatus since the beginning. He was a member of the first class Mercatus invested in, a class of four. Ever since, Tyler has been bringing market-driven thinking to the world. He’s written several bestselling books, one of which you can explore with AI. Tyler and Alex work together on
Marginal Revolution University, which aims to bring high-quality economics education to the internet. Tyler hosts Conversations with Tyler, a popular podcast, and now they have their Marginal Revolution Podcast.
I raise these efforts not to give you a sense of their CV (and I haven’t scratched the surface) but to recognize how they haven’t sat on their laurels. They continue to explore new ways to bring market-driven thinking to the world. That’s the kind of relentless talent we love to partner with.
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