Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen is an American economist, academic, writer and blogger. He is the co-author of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and the chair of economics at George Mason University.

Biography
Tyler Cowen was born in Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. on January 21, 1962. At the age of 15, he became the youngest ever New Jersey state chess champion. In 1983, Cowen graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor of science degree in Economics. In 1987, he received an PHD from Harvard in Economics. His thesis was Essays in the theory of welfare economics. At Harvard he was mentored by the famed game theorist and 2005 Noble recipient Thomas Schelling.

Cowen is married to Natasha, a lawyer.

Marginal Revolution
Marginal Revolution is an economics blog started by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok. Both of the bloggers are professors from George Mason University. The blog's slogan is "Small steps toward a much better world."

Marginal Revolution is updated daily with a focus on newly released papers, books and other reports on mostly economic topics. The site specializes in extracting the essence of a newly published paper and adding a short yet instructive comment to it.

Marginal University
Marginal University is an online education platform started in October 1st, 2012. The site features free online courses and videos. The course material videos consist of PowerPoint slide presentations with voice-overs. Visitors can choose to enroll in the courses and receive a certification after completion.