book / likes
A History of British Art
“I’m a big fan of your book, A History of British Art. In that, you insightfully remark that a lot of English art earlier on was harder, more angular, and less obsessed with perspective.”
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Tyler Cowen
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- 500
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- 97
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- 2
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- 57
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book / likes
Two Paths to Prosperity
“Again, I’m a big fan of your new book with Greif and Tabellini, Two Paths to Prosperity, comparing Europe and China.”
other / likes
Bergman films
“What are your favorite movies and why? I love Bergman films, Smiles of a Summer Night.”
other / likes
Smiles of a Summer Night
“I like Smiles of a Summer Night very much, the Mozartian feel, the Shakespeare connection.”
other / likes
Silent All These Years
“I like Silent All These Years by Tori Amos, especially the live version.”
book / recommends
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
“He has a new book out, Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity, which I recommend very highly.”
app / uses
GPT-5 Pro
“If I use GPT-5 Pro edition, it will outperform a very good human lawyer for a typical query.”
app / likes
Pulse
“Now, I love Pulse. Why don’t I hear more about Pulse, or do you think there is a lot of chatter out there?”
book / uses
A Farewell to Alms
“If we take England — when I read your book, A Farewell to Alms, I took you to be ambiguous, but when I reread that book through the lens of your later papers, it seems to me you’re saying there was an actual genetic change in English society because of who was marrying whom and having kids with whom, and thus, people saved more, became more conscientious, more forward-looking.”
book / built
Goat: Who's the Greatest Economist of All Time?
“The last book I wrote is called Goat: Who's the Greatest Economist of All Time?”
person / likes
Christopher Kirchhoff
“I like the Christopher Kirchhoff episode and how he never said the word “um.” You might edit out an “um” here and there.”
other / likes
Brazil
“I love Brazil, it’s one of my favorite countries, but I always worry about where I should and should not go there.”
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01 / disagreement
You can reference me specifically just to give this some bite. We disagree about something in Swift or Shakespeare or Jane Austen.
“You can reference me specifically just to give this some bite. We disagree about something in Swift or Shakespeare or Jane Austen.”
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02 / disagreement
This is where I think we might disagree because I disagree with everything else I’ve read about this book, including the main Grossman biography.
“This is where I think we might disagree because I disagree with everything else I’ve read about this book, including the main Grossman biography.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- Conversations with Tyler