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#182 Tyler Cowen On Why We Might Get Lucky And AI Can Solve Out Debt Situation
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Economist and author Tyler Cowen, the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins Julia La Roche on episode 182.
Links:
Marginal Revolution: https://marginalrevolution.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/tylercowen
00:00 Introduction and welcome Tyler Cowen
01:11 Big picture — the scary and the wonderful
03:37 Optimist
04:40 The Great Stagnation and AI
06:18 The impact of AI on investing
08:14 Human connections will matter more
10:45 Our debt will probably prove manageable because of AI
11:22 How AI will change how we live
13:50 Education
16:39 AI and jobs
18:17 Debt
21:17 U.S. psychology
23:37 Conflicting narratives of the economy
24:40 Immigration
26:25 Talent
29:13 Food and capitalism
32:20 Approach to life
33:20 Great Financial Crisis — why real estate wasn’t a bubble
36:20 Investing: Be long
38:36 Travel and humanity
42:00 Views
43:40 Election year
45:50 Parting thoughts