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Alex Tabarrok on the Elements of Economic Growth and the Decline of Dynamism
Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University and holds the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center. Alex has written widely on long run economic growth and joins the show today to talk about it. David and Alex also discuss how capital relates to economic growth, the impact of regulation on dynamism, and the important distinction between “catch-up” and “cutting edge” growth.
Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/09092019/alex-tabarrok-elements-economic-growth-and-decline-dynamism
Alex’s Twitter: @ATabarrok
Alex’s Mercatus profile: https://asp.mercatus.org/alexander-tabarrok
Alex and Tyler’s blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/
Related Links:
*Modern Principles of Economics* by Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen
https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Loose-leaf--Version-for--Modern-Principles-of-Economics-4E--FlipIt-for-Survey-of-Economics-Six-Months-Access-4E-Online/p/131909872X
*Is Regulation to Blame for the Decline in American Entrepreneurship?* by Alex Tabarrok and Nathan Goldschlag
https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy/article/33/93/5/4833996
*Population Growth and Technological Change: One Million B.C. to 1990* by Michael Kremer
https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~walker/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kremer1993.pdf
*Why are the Prices so Damn High?* by Alex Tabarrok and Eric Helland
https://www.mercatus.org/publications/healthcare/why-are-prices-so-damn-high
*The Value of Health and Longevity* by Kevin Murphy and Robert Topel
https://www.nber.org/papers/w11405
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