Penguin Speakers Bureau
Biography
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1987. He is also the director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Many of his academic writings focus on the economics of the arts, the e …
Read moreTyler Cowen is the Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1987. He is also the director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Many of his academic writings focus on the economics of the arts, the economics of celebrity, and the globalization of culture. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Slate.com, The Wilson Quarterly, Newsweek, and numerous other media outlets.
The blog he co-writes with Alex Tabarrok, www.marginalrevolution.com, was called one of the four best economics sites on the Web by The Wall Street Journal and the number one economics blog in the world by BlogPulse.com.
In his book Discover Your Inner Economist, Tyler shows how the logic of economics applies far more widely than just to the decisions of government and big business. With a light, even amusing touch, he reveals how to use the hidden economic principles behind everyday situations to get what we really want.
Tyler lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with his wife and step-daughter. In addition to being an avid fan of music, he is a devoted collector of Haitian and Mexican outsider art, including Haitian voodoo flags and Mexican amates. He is a lover of spicy food and writes an online dining guide to the Washington, D.C., area at www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com.
Check out Tyler Cowen’s website at www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler and blog at www.marginalrevolution.com.
Speaking Topics
- How to Control Other People: The Science and Art of Incentives
- How to Improve Business Meetings
- How to Save the World: How You Should Spend Your Charitable Dollars
- Does an Economist Know How to Find Love?
- How Did American Food Get So Bad?
- How to Find a Good Restaurant
- What Are the Important Economic Topics for the Next Election?
- How to Become a Cultural Billionaire
- How to Walk Through an Art Museum
- How Do Blogs Work and Why Are They Important?
Featured Book
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Create Your Own Economy
"Only a mind like Tyler Cowen’s could weave Facebook, Zen Buddhism, Sherlock Holmes, and so much more into a coherent and compelling argument. Create Your Own Economy will change the way you think about thinking.” —Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind 
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Media
- "Recession Can Change a Way of Life"—The New York Times
- "Who Wants to Be a Cultural Billionaire?"—New York magazine
- "Tyler Cowen's World of Wonders"—New York magazine
- "Abolishing the Middlemen Won’t Make Health Care a Free Lunch"—The New York Times
- "Matrimony Has Its Benefits, and Divorce Has a Lot to Do With That"—The New York Times
- "There’s work to be done, but Congress opts out”—The New York Times
- “The Holy Father Tackles Globalization”—The Wall Street Journal