Is Economic Growth a Moral Imperative | Tyler Cowen: Arrow Lecture 2019

Tyler Cowen gives his insight into the answer to the question “is growth is a moral imperative?" He explains why, in his perspective, it is in fact a moral imperative.
Economist and author Tyler Cowen is a professor at George Mason University and Director of its Mercatus Center. His book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick and Will (Eventually) Feel Better was a New York Times bestseller. Host of the podcast Conversations with Tyler, Cowen was recently named in an Economist poll as one of the most influential economists of the last decade.
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