Paul Romer on a Culture of Science and Working Hard

<p class="p1">Paul Romer makes his second appearance to discuss the failings of economics, how his mass testing plan for COVID-19 would work, what aspects of epidemiology concern him, how the FDA is slowing a better response, his ideas for reopening schools and Major League Baseball, where he agrees with Weyl’s test plan, why charter cities need a new name, what went wrong with Honduras, the development trajectory for sub-Saharan Africa, how he’d reform the World Bank, the underrated benefits of a culture of science, his heartening takeaway about human nature from his experience at Burning Man, and more.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Follow us on <a href= "https://twitter.com/cowenconvos"><span class= "s1">Twitter</span></a> and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/cowenconvos/"><span class= "s1">IG</span></a>: @cowenconvos</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2"><span class="s2">Email: <span class="s3"><a href= "mailto:cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu">cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu</a></span></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Follow <a href= "https://twitter.com/paulmromer">Paul</a> on Twitter</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Follow <a href= "https://twitter.com/tylercowen"><span class="s1">Tyler</span></a> on Twitter</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2"><span class="s3"><a href= "https://facebook.com/cowenconvos">Facebook</a></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p2"><span class="s3"><a href= "https://mercatus.org/newsletters">Newsletter</a></span></p>