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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, 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 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, 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