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Nick Gillespie logs on for an AIM interview with Tyler Cowen and his inner economist.

Comments

SIV | August 10, 2007, 12:57pm | #

Cowen advises not to tip more than 15% AND to order the organ meats? Livin' dangerous.

Stephen The Goldberger | August 10, 2007, 1:04pm | #

THE DIRTY JERZ REPRESENT

Ken Shultz | August 10, 2007, 1:08pm | #

"Given that this is reason, perhaps you pay him to smoke pot!"

Now that's below the belt!

Marcvs | August 10, 2007, 1:19pm | #

reason (8:55:55 AM): you love mises but didn't name your book "the inner praxeologist"...

Cowen (8:56:26 AM): my publisher advised against that idea.

Ah, economics humor..

Jim Henley | August 10, 2007, 1:56pm | #

Good interview! Nothing much to say beyond that.

tomWright | August 10, 2007, 2:07pm | #

I grew up in, and am in, NJ right now. I can tell you there are not very many libertarians here, Big, small or half-small "L".

If there were, I wouldn't need to ask permissionf from the town or state every time I cut down a tree, dig a hole in my yard and I could pump my own gas.

The NJLP is essentially moribund, the NJ Republican Party is a rubber-room where NJ Democrats send their more disagreeable members.

The real conservatives are in the Conservative party, that has even less relevance than the LP does.

Libertarians in NJ? Nope, not here.

Franklin Harris | August 10, 2007, 2:11pm | #

Cowen advises not to tip more than 15% AND to order the organ meats? Livin' dangerous

Yes, he left out the third part of that, which is "never eat at the same restaurant twice."

VM | August 10, 2007, 2:17pm | #

Fun interview.

Any reference to Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers is AWESOME!!!!!

JasonC | August 10, 2007, 2:31pm | #

Oh VM. You lose some cool points for calling him Richmond instead of Richman.

VM | August 10, 2007, 2:40pm | #

*bites self on taint to Egyptian Reggae

spur | August 10, 2007, 3:01pm | #

Notice the New Jersey libertarians they name fled at the soonest possible chance for better areas and DC.

SxCx | August 10, 2007, 3:12pm | #

Nick, were you ever into Exodus?

Gabe Haris | August 10, 2007, 3:23pm | #

Bama, northern virginia and New Hampshire have more libertarians....the reasons? Mises Institute, George Mason and the Free State Project.

Enjoyed the interview.

E. James | August 10, 2007, 3:27pm | #

"Cowen advises not to tip more than 15% AND to order the organ meats? Livin' dangerous."

Not at all (at least with respect to the latter action). Weston Price's landmark studies found organ meats to be far more nutritious than other types of meat.

SIV | August 10, 2007, 3:52pm | #

Jason C,

Then you lose cool points too.
they were just called "The Modern Lovers" on that record.

VM | August 10, 2007, 3:55pm | #

SIV is just the ol' Roadrunner.

This is, after all, the modern world.

:)

JasonC | August 10, 2007, 4:02pm | #

Hey, I was just correcting the spelling of the name. I knew they were just Modern Lovers (there is no "The". The Modern Lovers is the name of the record). I do believe I win "pedant of the day".

Paul N | August 10, 2007, 9:10pm | #

Jeez, how do they write so fast? Freaky

Jeff Smith | August 11, 2007, 9:22am | #

Very nice interview!

Nick must have moved if there is grass to be cut.

What does paying for sex have to do with love?

Jeff

Joshua Holmes | August 11, 2007, 1:07pm | #

THE DIRTY JERZ REPRESENT

Word up!

roger selbert | August 11, 2007, 8:11pm | #

There are no libertarians in NJ because we all have left. Another Jersey free-market guy: check out anxietycenter.com