Episode · a16z Podcast · 2017-05-15
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: From Jobs to Flying Cars
In this lively conversation -- from our recent annual tech and policy summit in Washington, D.C.
Marc Andreessen discussed The Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen, The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon, The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen, and the two culture and the scientific revolution by c.p. snow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Great Stagnation
Discussed“there's a whole genre of books with titles like the rise and fall of American growth and the great stagnation written by top economists talking about how back to the first thesis about basically there's no innovation and productivity growth”
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J.
Discussed“there's a whole genre of books with titles like the rise and fall of American growth and the great stagnation written by top economists talking about how back to the first thesis about basically there's no innovation and productivity growth”
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The Complacent Class
The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen is an insightful social commentary exploring how contemporary society's self-defeating quest for safety, comfort, and predictability ultimately breeds stagnation and hinders the American dream.
Discussed“Tyler wrote the great stagnation his new book is it's I think it's called the complacent culture and it's the cultural side of this argument which I know Peter also believes”
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the two culture and the scientific revolution
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution by C.P.
Discussed“there was a British writer section SAS actually turned out he was also a chemical engineer so he had a feat in kind of both the engineering and liberal arts worlds name CP snow and he wrote this essay in the 1950s called the two cultures”
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