Tyler Cowen

7 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Tyler Cowen · said 30 times in 16 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cowen: Brexit pro-remain campaign failed due to poor coordination and arguments
“So you look at the United Kingdom, the forces that wanted Brexit, They mounted a much more effective campaign, and the pro-remain side, which I was sympathetic with, they had very poor arguments in response, they were less well coordinated, they were less will…”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:39 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Cowen: US manufacturing workforce share dropped from over 30% to 7-8%
“And a lot of the real productivity historically always has been in manufacturing. Right. And that's seven to eight percent of the workforce now. It used to be over 30%.”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 37:23 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cowen: Physical world will become more dynamic, violent, and chaotic
“Now, I actually don't think those will be the trends for the next 30 years, I feel our physical world is in some way about to break loose and change, and we'll be in a country which is more dynamic, more violent, more chaotic”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:15 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Cowen: Corporate inertia and veto points set in at 50-100 employees
“Even at fairly small levels, like 50 or a hundred employees, you observe this setting in, depending on the activity.”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:05 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Cowen: US interstate migration has dropped significantly since the post-war era
“We move across state lines much less than we used to compared to the post-war era.”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 34:23 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Cowen: Productivity growth in the service sector is approximately zero
“Here, clearly, more and more people are involved in innovation, but if you think of the economy as a whole, most jobs are service sector jobs, and as best we can tell, again, it's hard to measure, but productivity growth in those sectors is about zero.”
Tyler Cowen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 36:46 a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
May 4, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Rogers: AI with a Western soul is America's greatest soft power tool
“The economist Tyler Cowen talks about AI with a Western soul. And I completely agree with him that that is the greatest soft power tool we can possess.”
Sarah Rogers May 4, 2026 ▶ 0:25 Digital Freedom, AI Regulation, and the Fight for the Western Internet | The a16z Show
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