M i would typically a start out with a a lengthy introduction of the speakers and various accomplishments. But tyler told me that te dereger in these conversations is to keep them to 90 minutes. And s i don't think i can really go far down that list in this case. A suffice it to say that, a, you've published 15 books. Ai that the right count? I don't know. Ok, well, he i think it's more, and publish more than 60 papers. Obviously, the author of the great stagnation, which i think was sort of the the work that really brought you to top of mind at least here in sulligan valley.
A few months ago, Tyler asked Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, to be on the show. Patrick agreed, but only under the condition that the be the one to do the interviewing. Thus, what follows is the conversation Patrick wanted to have with Tyler, not the one you wanted to have.
Happily Patrick stayed true to the spirit of Conversations with Tyler, and their dialogue covers a wide range of topics including the the benefits of diverse monocultures, the state of macroeconomics, Donald Trump, the amazing economics faculty at GMU, Peter Thiel, Brian Eno, Thomas Schelling, why Twitter is underrated, and — most pressing of all — why Marginal Revolution is so strange looking.
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Recorded January 25th, 2017 Other ways to connect
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