What Tyler Cowen Thinks About (Almost) Everything

About this episode

Tyler Cowen discusses a wide range of topics including AI, minimum wage, and foreign aid with Coleman Hughes.

This week, Tyler Cowen joins the show. A true polymath, he answers everything on Coleman Hughes’s mind about our world and its future. In this rapid-fire exchange, Tyler weighs in on whether AI is a bubble, the minimum wage, Mexican wokeness, and the Donald Trump administration’s approach to foreign aid. He also touches on travel, new religions, the UN, and even his three favorite films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Coleman Hughes

Guest: Tyler Cowen

Topics covered

• AI
• minimum wage
• foreign aid
• travel
• new religions
• film

Keywords

• Tyler Cowen
• AI bubble
• minimum wage
• foreign aid
• travel
• new religions
• films

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Donald Trump administration, UN

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