Tyler Cowen

Entrepreneur

Birthday January 21, 1962

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace New Jersey

Age 62 years old

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About

Served as the Holbert C. Harris Chair of economics at George Mason University and co-authored economics blog Marginal Revolution.

Before Fame

He was New Jersey's state chess champion when he was 15 years old.

Trivia

He was one of the most influential economists of the past decade. He wrote the Economic Scene column for The New York Times and was the general director of George Mason's Mercatus Center.

Family Life

He married the lawyer Natasha Cowen.

Associated With

He was #72 on the Top 100 Global Thinkers list from Foreign Policy Magazine in 2011. Ben Bernanke was #10.