Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2021-01-27
Tyler Cowen & Benjamin Friedman: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Benjamin Friedman on the Origins of Economic Belief
Benjamin Friedman has been a leading macroeconomist since the 1970s, whose accomplishments include writing 150 papers, producing more than dozen books, and teaching Tyler Cowen graduate macroeconomics at Harvard in 1985.
Tyler Cowen recommended Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by Benjamin M. Friedman, and discussed The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth by Benjamin M. Friedman and The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. Benjamin Friedman recommended The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Recommended“i'm very happy to be here today with ben friedman who has a new wonderful book out religion and the rise of capitalism”
Where to get it
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Recommended“another uh truly great book that i would point to along those lines is by my late colleague david landis who wrote about the cultural influence on the development of markets capitalism economic growth landis's book was very aptly titled the wealth and poverty of nations”
Where to get it
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The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
Discussed“you've written a famous book moral consequences of economic growth”
Where to get it
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Discussed“you're referring to his better angels of our nature book and your book on economic growth right”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“in the first place what i suggest in my book is that we got those ideas 200 300 years ago from what were then new and hotly contended uh ideas within the about religion theology within the english-speaking protestant world in which people like adam smith and david hume lived”
“and maybe i should make clear that is not the subject of the book that i've just written what i've written is a book about the influence of religion on economic thinking”
“you know in the book that i've just written readers had grown up in a rigorous presbyterian sunday school the book would have been 100 pages shorter”