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The Marginal Revolution podcast returns!
In Praise of Commercial Culture is the 1998 book that put Tyler Cowen on the map as a public intellectual. But publishers rejected it for years. Until Thomas Schelling intervened.
In this episode of the Marginal Revolution Podcast, @ATabarrok sits down with Tyler to revisit the book Alex himself inadvertently sparked with a Camille Paglia rec. They dig into money as artistic fuel, why great art needs great audiences, payola as legitimate marketing, the cross-subsidy of trash and masterpieces, Brutalism, and why cultural pessimists can't see the ships arriving.
Check out it on its new dedicated channel, and do subscribe!
2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 4
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We've launched a dedicated Convos with Tyler YouTube channel! All new CWT vids will now be posted there, starting aptly enough with today's episode featuring @any_austin.
Check out the interview on the new channel and subscribe!
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