Who is the greatest economist of all time? In Tyler Cowen's eclectic
view, you need both breadth and depth, macro and micro. You can’t have
been too wrongand you need to be mostly right. You have to have had a
lasting impact, and done both theory and empirical work. If you meet all
these criteria, you may just be history’s greatest economist. Listen as
Cowen talks about his new and freely accessible book GOAT with
EconTalk's Russ Roberts. Along the way to crowning a winner, Cowen
offers original insights into what shaped the theories and worldviews of
the greatest economists of all time. Cowen and Roberts also talk about
the evolution of economics from a field concerned mainly with ideas to
one that mostly grapples with empirical challenges.
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