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Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, on The Story of Marginal Revolution

Aug 23, 2023

Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, the world's largest economics bloggers, discuss their journey of starting and growing their blog, the impact of controversial posts, the importance of consistency in content production, the power of intellectual curiosity, and their collaboration and communication methods.

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Tyler Cowen

Alex Tabarrok

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Quick takeaways

Teaching economics to a broader audience is a key mission, achieved through initiatives like Marginal Revolution University.

Drawing inspiration from TV shows, the hosts aim to create engaging and serial content on their blog.

Being interesting, timely, and capturing readers' attention is crucial for maintaining readership in the ever-changing news cycle.

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Teaching Economics to a Wide Audience

The podcast discusses the importance of spreading good economic ideas to a broader audience. The hosts believe that most of the world has yet to fully embrace economic principles, and they aim to teach people how to think about economics and different issues. They have seen success in this endeavor through initiatives like Marginal Revolution University, where students have been reading their works since a young age and now pursue PhDs. The hosts consider it a core project to show people how to live an infivore life, focusing on economics while embodying their own version and encouraging others to iterate against it.

Students Coming to George Mason at Age 12: Impact of Inbound Exposure

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Amplifying Good Ideas and the Importance of Editing

00:48

The Importance of Being True to Yourself

01:03

Key to Successful Collaboration: keeping a fast pace & timely responses

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Introduction

2min

Choosing Intrinsically Interesting Topics and Taking Small Steps towards a Better World

2min

The Impact of a Controversial Basketball Ranking Post

2min

Reflection on the Journey

19min

Collaboration and Communication

15min

The Importance of Consistency in Producing Content

24min

The Impact of Marginal Revolution and the Power of Intellectual Curiosity

3min

For the past 20 years, they have run the world’s largest economics blog. This is the story of how they publish every day, generate ideas when they’re stuck, and plan to teach millions of people the basics of supply & demand.

Tyler and Alex's newsletter: https://marginalrevolution.com/

Tyler's website: https://tylercowen.com/

Tyler's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylercowen

Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ATabarrok

Alex's website: https://alextabarrok.com/

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