My colleague Tyler Cowen sent along his new book and I’m quite enjoying the read so far. It’s made more interesting by the fact that, having known Tyler for more than a decade, many of the ideas in the book are clearly manifested in Tyler the person–his encyclopedic knowledge of DC area ethnic restaurants comes to mind.
The tag-line of the title “The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World” pretty much conveys the problem and hints at the solution I think. Clearly Cowen is a master-user of the net (at least among us adults born before the Web). As interesting is his notion that small-bits of culture (think i-tune single versus CD album) are equally enriching. I’m not sure that I buy that–although I fully understand his economic argument.
Jim
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