Podcast of the Week: Tyler Cowen on Rationally Speaking

Tyler Cowen has an excellent discussion about his book, Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero on the Rationally Speaking Podcast. Julia Galef applies just enough skepticism to his arguments to add even more depth to the source material, making their conversation well worth a listen.

See also this post about the appendix (my favorite part of the book), “Businesses as Carriers of Reputation.” They didn’t discuss his non-Coasian definition in the interview, but I think this concept really adds to the rest of Cowen’s arguments and is impactful for those of us who think about the role of culture.