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Andrew Hazlett discusses Tyler Cowen’s latest book on the inaugural episode of his podcast series, Occasional Podcast. Hazlett writes: 
Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World is loaded with provocative ideas and surprising claims. I still haven’t wrapped my mind around a number of Cowen’s big ideas and insights.
The New York Times Idea of the Day Blog cites Tyler Cowen’s commentary on changing attitudes towards those with Autism, as discussed in Create Your Own Economy:
“…Tyler Cowen, an economics professor who contributes to The Times, used the platform of the Chronicle of Higher Education to fault fellow academics for bigoted-sounding research dehumanizing autistics…”
In the Wall Street Journal article “Lifestyles of the Honest and Awkard,” about Asperger’s Syndrome, Tyler Cowen is cited as talking about themes from from Create Your Own Economy:
“…Mr. Cowen calls people along the autism spectrum the ‘infovores’ of modern society” and argues, “along many dimensions we as a society are working hard to mimic their abilities at ordering and processing information.’ In a world awash in distracted people desperately (and unsuccessfully) trying to multitask, Mr. Cowen says, Aspies’ ability to focus on detail is a profound advantage. This is particularly true in academia, he argues, where ‘autism is often a competitive advantage rather than a problem to be solved.’”
Tyler Cowen was interviewed on EconTalk by host, Russ Roberts, about his latest book:
“Tyler Cowen of George Mason University and author of Create Your Own Economy talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his recent book. The conversation ranges across a wide array of topics related to information, the arts, and the culture of the internet. Topics include how autistics perceive information and what non-autistics can learn from them, what Buddhism might teach us about our digital lives, the pace of change in the use of technology, Nozick’s experience machine and the relative importance of authenticity and what the Alchian and Allen theorem has to do with the internet and culture.”
In “Education works as a placebo effect” Tyler Cowen is interviewed by Kai Ryssdal on Marketplace of American Public Media on the cost of higher education while referencing his latest book, Create Your Own Economy:
Kai Ryssdal says:
“Tyler Cowen is what you might call an interested party in the success of higher education. He’s a professor of economics at George Mason University. There’s more on this in his latest book Create Your Own Economy: the Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World.“
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