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23 Aug 2023 Conversations with Tyler Celebrating Marginal Revolution's 20th Anniversary
“I think we’re the children. We’re giggling about them. They may be disturbed sometimes, or just very smart people wasting their time.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 23 Aug 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…They sound like children. [laughter] I think we’re the children. We’re giggling about them. They may be disturbed sometimes, or just very smart people wasting their time. I think in this era of the political discourse, the level-headedness of MR, which sounds both truly reflective of your natures but also an intentional norm that you try to establish, was as needed as ever. The cool-headedness. Even in the Trump era, I can’t recall any posts that were over the top in their emotion.…
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