Creative Destruction by Tyler Cowen

Creative Destruction by Tyler Cowen

It is a commonplace that globalization is subverting local culture. But is it helping as much as it hurts? The author of this text makes a case for a more sympathetic understanding of cross-cultural trade, bringing an economist's eye to bear on the question.

"Tyler Cowen is an economist who knows which rap artists are the best, what kind of Persian rug from which period is the best, which period of French cinema is the best, and what kind of Afropop is bestBut he also has explanations for why they are the best, explanations that draw upon concepts from economics and other social sciences." - Michael Suk-Young Chwe, University of California, Los Angeles, author of Rational Ritual; "Reading this book was a joy. The number of new books on globalization is large. But Creative Destruction adds a unique perspective. It constructs a largely economic case for optimism, the idea that globalization is not necessarily in conflict with cultural diversity but that it might promote, revive, and broaden traditional cultures." - Timur Kuran, University of Southern California, author of Private Truths, Public Lies

Tyler Cowen is Professor of Economics at George Mason University, where he directs the Mercatus Center and the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy. His books include What Price Fame?, In Praise of Commercial Culture, and Risk and Business Cycles.

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ISBN 13	9780691090160
ISBN 10	0691090165
Title	Creative Destruction
Author	Tyler Cowen
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2002-10-13
Number of pages	192
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