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Cliff Asness on Comics and Why Never to Share a Gym with Cirque du Soleil (Live at Mason)
Episode 5
Tyler and investment strategist Cliff Asness discuss momentum and value investing strategies, disagreeing with Eugene Fama, Marvel vs. DC, the inscrutability of risk, high frequency trading, the econ…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
Dani Rodrik on Premature Deindustrialization and Why the World is Second Best at Best
Episode 4
Tyler and Dani Rodrik discuss premature deindustrialization, the world’s trilemmas, the political economy of John le Carré, what’s so special about manufacturing, Orhan Pamuk, RCTs, and why the world…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Luigi Zingales on Italy, Google and Conglomeration, and Donald Trump (Live at Mason)
Episode 3
In the third event of this series, Tyler and Luigi Zingales discuss Italy, Donald Trump, Antonio Gramsci, Google and conglomeration, Luchino Visconti, Starbucks, and the surprisingly high productivit…
Published on 10 years ago
Jeffrey Sachs on Charter Cities and How to Reform Graduate Economics Education (Live at Mason)
Episode 2
Tyler Cowen and Jeffrey Sachs discuss the resource curse, why Russia failed and Poland succeeded, charter cities, Sach's China optimism, JFK, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, whether Africa will be able to ove…
Published on 10 years, 5 months ago
Peter Thiel on Stagnation, Innovation, and What Not to Call your Company (Live at Mason)
Episode 1
Peter Thiel and Tyler Cowen, both New York Times bestselling authors, are among today’s top global thought leaders and influential innovators. Listen as these two engage in a serious dialogue on the …
Published on 10 years, 5 months ago