Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

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nabla9 · 18h ago

>Tyler has been recognized as one of the most influential economists of the past decade.

What?

He is not influential at all. He has a blog and podcast.

When someone points out that he is completely wrong, he just quietly deletes the whole entry from his blog. Receives Funding from Mark Zuckerberg and does not reveal it, but sings his songs uncritically.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

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