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Tyler Cowen

American economist and blogger

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A George Mason economist and Marginal Revolution blogger who champions economic growth, immigration and technological progress.

Tyler Cowen sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-optimist on technology, strongly free market on economy and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Tyler Cowen sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Tyler Cowen

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Political views closest to Tyler Cowen

Classical liberalismIndividual rights, limited government, free markets and the rule of law.98%Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…97%Techno-optimismTrusts science, engineering and expert management to solve problems and wants technology…95%NeoliberalismPromotes markets, privatization, deregulation and free trade as the route to prosperity.95%

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