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don't under-rate yourself. those podcasts you do are better than any of that crap on tv since elmore leonard stepped on a rainbow look at those kardashians they got the charm of a ebola epidemic and they do ok

Dr. Cowen some of the best advice I ever got was your "beware of stories" lecture. Seems like a lotta of what used to be news is mostly stories. Where do you get your general news? And how do you tell the stories from the news?

Dr. Cowen, I have learned a lot from your work but am not an economist. I intuitively believe that a main reason for wage stagnation is rising health care costs paid for by employers. Some prominent economists say this is incorrect. I don't understand their arguments or their math.

What do you think? Can you explain their position in a way a dumb redneck can understand? thankyou in advance

Dr. Cowen, Have you ever considered a lecture on "memes"? Around here it seems like a lotta dumb public policy is based on doing a "study" with sketchy methodology that produces a meme that can be repeated over and over like a pepsi commercial