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Stranded Technologies PodcastEp. 77: Tyler Cowen – Unearthing the GOAT, Technological Progress in the Post-Great Stagnation Era and Special Economic ZonesTyler Cowen is a professor at George Mason University, creator of the Marginal Revolution blog, founder of the Emergent Ventures grant program, podcast host of "Conversations with Tyler," and author of numerous books, including "The Great Stagnation."Evaluating Economists and Their ContributionsIn Tyler’s latest book, "GOAT: Greatest Economist Of All Time," he explores the contributions of renowned economists like Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, John Stuart Mill, Malthus, and Adam Smith.The Post-Great Stagnation Era Has BegunIn his 2011 book, "The Great Stagnation," Ty...
2024-01-0558 min
Stranded Technologies PodcastEp. 39: Alex Tabarrok on the Dance between Centralization and Decentralization in City Governance, Baumol Effect vs. Regulation in Increasing Price Levels and Economic Insights for EntrepreneursAlex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University, and a research fellow with the Mercatus Center.Alex is one of the world’s best teachers of economics and reaching a large, worldwide audience as the cofounder of Marginal Revolution University and the popular Marginal Revolution blog together with Tyler Cowen.This episode is an intellectual journey that discovers insights that can be used by entrepreneurs and city developers.Alex has been teaching economics for decades, so we start the episodes with our favorite concepts.We talk about the Ba...
2023-03-071h 26
Stranded Technologies PodcastEp. 20: J. Storrs Hall - Bringing Back A Future Past With Flying Cars, Nano-Robots and Multi-Level Cities By Nurturing A Techno-Optimist Culture and a Unleashing Second Nuclear AgeJ. Storrs Hall or "Josh" is an independent researcher and author.He was the founding Chief Scientist of Nanorex, which is developing a CAD system for nanomechanical engineering.His research interests include molecular nanotechnology and the design of useful macroscopic machines using the capabilities of molecular manufacturing. His background is in computer science, particularly parallel processor architectures, artificial intelligence, particularly agoric and genetic algorithms.This episode is filled with techno-optimist verve.Josh wrote an epic book called "Where is My Flying Car - A Memoir of Future Past".The...
2022-10-251h 30