Alex Tabarrok - Prizes, Prices, and Public Goods

<p>Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University and with Tyler Cowen a founder of the online education platform <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://MRU.org">http://MRU.org.</a><br/><br/>I ask Alex Tabarrok about the Grand Innovation Prize, the Baumol effect, and Dominant Assurance Contracts.<br/><br/>Watch on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/i75KvXVrtLw">YouTube</a>, or listen on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XXAZWizp0oaqRB2QOQr4d?si=GQGabXD7SGy3xr_aUe2oQQ">Spotify</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9-alex-tabarrok-prizes-prices-and-public-goods/id1516093381?i=1000495352718">Apple Podcasts</a>, or any other podcast platform.<br/><br/>Episode website <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/alex-tabarrok">here</a>.<br/>Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/ATabarrok">Alex on Twitter</a>. Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">me on Twitter</a> for updates on future episodes.</p><p>Alex Tabarrok&apos;s and Tyler Cowen&apos;s excellent blog: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=i75KvXVrtLw&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fmarginalrevolution.com%2F&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDA2aEJGdXd3Y3dRZU9pR2lNM3FCQW42UXlIZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuSWFLcHhkVmxBNzQxNTQtczAzSmNLejlocVZISkRqS0otWFJCR0xpVGdDa2hEQks0eTdQa3BTeVNXLTNxMV9EMkpnZ3hSSmJpczhzYXRCbHpwbjN5UW4xamRJTzhURG10clFBRGpIcmZzSmlkTzA5NA%3D%3D">https://marginalrevolution.com/</a> </p><p>Thanks for reading The Lunar Society! Subscribe to find out about future episodes!</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>(<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i75KvXVrtLw&amp;t=0s">00:00</a>) - Intro </p><p>(