Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-01-31
Books mentioned on Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth
It was a great pleasure speaking with Tyler Cowen for the 3rd time. We discussed GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?
Dwarkesh Patel discussed What is Humanism and Why Does it Matter? by Anthony B. Pinn, General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money by John Maynard Keynes, The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek, and Fossil Future by Alex Epstein. Tyler Cowen discussed How to Pay for the War by John Maynard Keynes, and criticized The constitution of liberty by Friedrich A. von Hayek.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What is Humanism and Why Does it Matter?
Discussed“The book we’re talking about is Goat, who is the greatest economist of all time, and why does it matter?”
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General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
John Maynard Keynes's influential 1936 economic treatise reshaped macroeconomic policy and continues to provoke critical debate among modern economists and scholars.
Discussed“So, chapter twelve, General Theory of Interest, Employment, and Money.”
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The constitution of liberty
Friedrich A.
Critiqued“So Hayek’s failures, for instance, his inability to come up with a normative standard in “The Constitution of Liberty,” show in some ways he just wasn’t rigorous enough.”
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How to Pay for the War
Discussed“If you read “How to Pay for the War” in 1940, if you didn’t know better, you would think it’s someone criticizing the General Theory.”
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The Road to Serfdom
F.
Discussed“So before we get into his actual views, I think his career is a tremendous white pill in the sense that he writes The Road to Serfdom in 1944 when Nazi Germany and Soviet Union are both prominent players.”
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Fossil Future
Fossil Future by Alex Epstein argues that fossil fuels are essential for human flourishing and that eliminating them prematurely would cause widespread societal collapse and death.
Discussed“I think you made this argument when you were responding to Alex Epstein on fossil future, where you said uncertainties also extend out into the domain where there’s a bad outcome or much bigger outcome than you’re anticipating.”
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