Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2020-07-10
Dwarkesh Patel & Tyler Cowen: books mentioned on Dwarkesh Podcast (Jul 2020)
Tyler Cowen - The Great Reset
Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and also Director of the Mercatus Center.
Dwarkesh Patel discussed The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen and Stubborn Attachments by Tyler Cowen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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“So you wrote a book in 2017 called the complacent class and in it you predicted a great reset. You wrote quote at some point our country will face an immediate crisis and there won't be the resources or more fundamentally the flexibility to handle it.”
Where to get it
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Stubborn Attachments
Stubborn Attachments by Tyler Cowen is a philosophical and economics book that argues sustained long-term economic growth is a moral imperative essential for human flourishing.
Discussed“At the same time, I was reading, uh, Stubborn Attachments, and there seemed to be a contradiction to me between the two books because, uh, Stubborn Attachments advocates for um, economic growth because of the stupendous returns it has over the long term as long as it's continuous.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Complacent Class
“Well, you may recall also in the complacent class, I predict that racial issues and segre segregation will be a central part of it because American blacks are so often the most or among the most vulnerable members of our society and trouble will flare there early as a kind of warning signal.”