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American Culture and Innovation

The pioneer spirit has defined American culture for hundreds of years. We've been willing to cross great distances, take big risks, and adapt to change in ways that have produced a dynamic economy. From Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs, innovation has been firmly rooted in American DNA and has positively changed the world.

What if that's no longer true?

Join economist Tyler Cowen on an exploration of how we’re working harder than ever to avoid change and letting algorithms keep us a little too comfortable.

What's Marginal Revolution University?

We believe economics has the power to change the way you see the world.

Many of us can recall that first teacher that changed the way we saw the world. We're aiming to recreate that experience everyday for millions worldwide, for free.

Marginal Revolution University is a nonprofit, online education platform for learning economics. Founded in 2012 by George Mason University professors Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, we have a small team operating both in Arlington, VA and remotely around the globe. Through engaging, high production quality videos on a variety of economics topics, we support teachers, students, and lifelong learners. Our goal is to help learners better understand the economic way of thinking. Several complete courses are available for free at MRUniversity.com that can be used alone or as a supplement to a traditional course.

We offer a full course on Principles of Microeconomics and are currently releasing Principles of Macroeconomics. All of our materials are free to use in and out of the classroom.

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"Tyler Cowen's blog, Marginal Revolution, is the first thing I read every morning. And his brilliant new book, The Complacent Class, has been on my nightstand after I devoured it in one sitting. I am at round-the-clock Cowen saturation right now." - Malcolm Gladwell

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