The Importance of Being Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen is a member of the venerable economics department at George Mason. He's got a book entitled Discovering Your Inner Economist. It's due for release tomorrow (2 aug 2007). Here's a fascinating and glowing review from New York Magazine online.

There are a number of reasons that I thought this deserved a blog entry. First, the book sounds great. Second, the economics department at George Mason is a marvel--a distinguished department within a small, good--though not great--university. The department is home to two Nobel Laureates and one future Nobel Laureate, Larry Iannacconne. Finally, Tyler Cowen's Marginal Revolution Blog is a favorite of mine.

I'll include some stuff from the book in later posts.