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Tyler Cowen: belief

9 Aug 2023 Conversations with Tyler Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent

“I think the Medici were overrated, and the guilds were more important, but that’s a debatable view.”

— Tyler Cowen

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Tyler Cowen
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belief
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9 Aug 2023
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Conversations with Tyler

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…You’re an economist. You’ve read books about this stuff. I don’t know. What do I know about the Medici? [laughs] I think the Medici were overrated, and the guilds were more important, but that’s a debatable view. You could argue it either way. They could well be overrated. They were the ones who had all the publicity. I have no idea.…

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