#182 Tyler Cowen On Why We Might Get Lucky And AI Can Solve Out Debt Situation

The Julia La Roche Show

Economist and author Tyler Cowen, the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins Julia La Roche on episode 182.

Links:

Marginal Revolution: https://marginalrevolution.com/

Twitter/X: https://x.com/tylercowen

00:00 Introduction and welcome Tyler Cowen

01:11 Big picture — the scary and the wonderful

03:37 Optimist

04:40 The Great Stagnation and AI

06:18 The impact of AI on investing

08:14 Human connections will matter more

10:45 Our debt will probably prove manageable because of AI

11:22 How AI will change how we live

13:50 Education

16:39 AI and jobs

18:17 Debt

21:17 U.S. psychology

23:37 Conflicting narratives of the economy

24:40 Immigration

26:25 Talent

29:13 Food and capitalism

32:20 Approach to life

33:20 Great Financial Crisis — why real estate wasn’t a bubble

36:20 Investing: Be long

38:36 Travel and humanity

42:00 Views

43:40 Election year

45:50 Parting thoughts