Episode · EconTalk · 2021-04-05

Russ Roberts & Tyler Cowen: books mentioned on EconTalk (Apr 2021)

Tyler Cowen on the Pandemic, Revisited

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Blogger, author, podcaster, economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University discusses the lessons learned from the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Appearing roughly one year after his first conversation on the pandemic, Cowen revisits the predictions he made then and what he has learned for the next time.

Tyler Cowen discussed Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Guns, Germs and Steel

   Jared Diamond · at 1:08:58

   Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond is an expansive historical non-fiction work that explores why Eurasian civilizations survived and conquered other societies, attributing these outcomes to geographical and environmental advantages rather than biological differences.

   Discussed

   “And maybe it's partly my age or our ages, but a book where you pick it up even at the level of, you know, Jared Diamond's well-known book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, those aren't happening right now.”

   Tyler Cowen Tyler Cowen on the Pandemic, Revisited 2021-04-05 Listen at 1:08:58

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