Top 54 Quotes by Tyler Cowen

About Tyler Cowen

These are some quotes by American author Tyler Cowen Economist, who was born on January 21, 1962.

I sometimes say I am a 'happiness optimist' but a 'revenue pessimist.'

I sometimes say I am a 'happiness optimist' but a 'revenue pessimist.'

Tyler Cowen

Most of us are not pure self-starters; most people need role models, they need coaches, they need exemplars, they maybe need some discipline or some rewards. We need to be motivated.

Most of us are not pure self-starters; most people need role models, they need coaches, they need exemplars, they maybe need some discipline or some rewards. We need to be motivated.

Tyler Cowen

I think a lot of people will be liberated from a lot of oppressive manufacturing jobs, or a lot of service jobs, because they'll be done by computers. There'll be the world's best education available online and free.

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We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor.

We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor.

Tyler Cowen

I'm not a vegetarian. But I think people who are vegetarians, they are actually more virtuous than the rest of us. I think they should be admired.

I'm not a vegetarian. But I think people who are vegetarians, they are actually more virtuous than the rest of us. I think they should be admired.

Tyler Cowen

To get anything done, Obama has to be seen as having winning economy - which isn't easy.

To get anything done, Obama has to be seen as having winning economy - which isn't easy.

Tyler Cowen

For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.

For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.

Tyler Cowen

Countries with lots of unmarried young men are the most vulnerable to sudden upheavals - this is what fueled the Arab Spring.

Countries with lots of unmarried young men are the most vulnerable to sudden upheavals - this is what fueled the Arab Spring.

Tyler Cowen

Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through voluntary institutions. This is one of the most important tensions in capitalism.

Tyler Cowen

In truth, it's not the shareholders of the American International Group who benefited most from its bailout; they were mostly wiped out. The great beneficiaries have been the creditors and counterparties at the other end of A.I.G.'s derivatives deals - firms like Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale, Barclays and UBS.

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