Tyler Cowen is an author and a professor of economics at George Mason University. One half of the blogging crew at Marginal Revolution, a must-read blog for anyone interested in economic theory, Cowen is easily one of the most engaging thinkers in the country.
He has received a lot of attention for his recent books, Average Is Over and The Complacent Class, both of which grapple with America's changing macroeconomic outlook. But what makes him unique is the breadth and diversity of his thought. A true autodidact, he's as comfortable talking about artificial intelligence as he is virtue ethics.
I sat down with Cowen and tossed a series of broad, rapid-fire questions at him. I asked him about Trump, artificial intelligence, the singularity, the perils of progress, and whether he's worried about income inequality.
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