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Despite Tyler Cowen's argument for the elite theory, the real divisions have much more to do with the New Right's nationalism.

SBF and Elon Musk's coin-flipping approach to business can work–until it doesn't. Here's why, according to cognitive scientist Gleb Tsipursky.

Tyler Cowen explains why it's a mistake to conflate democracy with what is good and just.

One of the most disturbing trends in current discourse is the misuse of the term “anti-democratic.” It has become a kind of all-purpose insult, used as a cudgel to criticize political and intellectual opponents. Not only is this practice intellectually lazy, but it threatens to distort the meaning and obscure…

Saudi Arabia is using golf to boost its presence on the global stage. Its new sovereign wealth fund-financed LIV Golf tour launched this June, and many people remain unhappy. The criticisms from the worlds of politics and golf suggest the sport will be turned into a vehicle for Saudi political…

I am writing this from Amritsar, India, in the state of Punjab. The Sikh Golden Temple here is one of India’s leading attractions, and last night I shared space with thousands of people over the course of four or five hours. In that time, I saw only two people who…

Economist Tyler Cowen argues this approach is too often neglected. But is more common than he suggests.

When asked if he was afraid of dying, the American economist Tyler Cowen demurred. But what he said next unsettled me for days. “The worst thing about death is not knowing how the human story turns out.”

The answer, as Tyler Cowen and Matthew Yglesias, argue, is probably not. But that doesn't mean political ignorance isn't a serious problem.