GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?

By Tyler Cowen

Categories: Business & Money

In GOAT (2023), economist Tyler Cowen asks a fan's question of his own field: who is the greatest economist of all time, and why should anyone care? Inspired by Bill Simmons's The Book of Basketball, the free online book weighs Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Malthus and Adam Smith, mixing their ideas with letters, biography and Cowen's own memories of meeting Friedman and Hayek. It comes with an AI interface built on the text that readers can question or argue with.

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