Economy
Tyler Cowen
America's Addiction to Big Business
"Tyler Cowen Defends Capitalism and Big Business in New Lecture Series." Economist Tyler Cowen counters negative views on corporate leadership and CEO pay, highlighting the essential roles of large corporations in modern society.
Lesson Plan
- Lesson Length : 6 Lessons ㆍ 1 hours 32 miutes
- Language : 한국어, English, 简体中文, Spanish, French, 日本語
How big business and America are inseparable.
We are living in the era of capitalism. Big business has brought about and hastened its development, leading the global economy and most industries. However, the public view of big business has been shifting more to the negative over time. There is no shortage of scandals involving CEOs and major shareholders, whether these scandals be legal or moral in nature.
While all this negativity pervades the news cycles, Tyler Cowen sets out to defend capitalism and large corporations. Going against current sentiment, he draws upon his years of knowledge and research to explain why CEOs are paid as much as they are, what the role of big business is in our society, and whether or not work should be considered “fun.” What is it that compels him to stand in defense of capitalism against the myriad voices opposed to his ideas? Through Tyler Cowen’s lecture, we’ll have an opportunity to look at the purpose and social roles of capitalism and corporations in the modern age.
Full Bio
Tyler Cowen
- Professor of Economics at George Mason University
- Bloomberg Columnist
- One of The Economist’s “Most Influential Economists” (2011)
- Among Foreign Policy Magazine’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers” (2011)
- Author of <The Great Stagnation>, <Average is Over>, <Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero>
Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University and world-renowned economist-blogger of marginalrevolution.com, which has been regarded as “the world's best economics blog” by the Wall Street Journal. He has been a regular columnist at Bloomberg Opinion and often writes commentaries for The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Since rising to fame with The New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation, Tyler Cowen has been outspoken on global economic and social issues, writing popular books such as Average is Over, Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero, and a variety of economics textbooks. He continues to share his knowledge on economics with the public through blogs, books, and “Conversations with Tyler,” a podcast that brings on various world scholars to discuss current issues. In 2011, he was included in The Economist's top 36 nominations of “which economists were most influential over the past decade” and ranked among the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” by Foreign Policy.
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