In Defense of Big Business
Tyler Cowen joins us to discuss the value of work and how big businesses give people opportunities to feel fulfilled in their lives.
Tyler Cowen joins us to discuss his new book; Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero. Throughout the conversation, Trevor and Aaron ask Tyler about crony capitalism, how Trump engages with big businesses, and the role of CEO’s. Cowen believes that big businesses are actually given a pretty unfair reputation as they create much more value than they are given credit for.
Why is big business coming under heavier fire recently? How big is “big business”? Do CEO’s cheat more or less than others? Do people like going to work? Should they? How should big businesses interact with the federal government? How big is the finance world and is it too big? Why is a healthy financial sector important? If big business is good, why is it widely unliked?
Further Reading:
Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero, written by Tyler Cowen
Big Business Isn’t Big Politics, written by Tyler Cowen
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