Conor Friedersdorf interviewed Tyler Cowen, with the interview published by 29 May 2020.

True: an interview of Tyler Cowen by Conor Friedersdorf (for example in The Atlantic or his newsletter) was published on or before 2020-05-29. Mostly true: such an interview was published by that date, but a minor detail differs (for example it was a written Q&A rather than a spoken interview). Mostly false: the interview was published after 2020-05-29, or someone other than Friedersdorf did the main interviewing. False: no such interview exists, shown by Friedersdorf's article archive for that period.

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1. E1 Conor Friedersdorf interviews me on the regulatory state and the pandemic - Marginal REVOLUTION Marginal Revolution · 30 May 2020 Own record

   “by Tyler Cowen May 30, 2020 at 2:12 am in”

2. E2 Conor Friedersdorf interviews me on the regulatory state and the pandemic - Marginal REVOLUTION Marginal Revolution · 30 May 2020 Own record

   “For Atlantic, here is one excerpt:”

3. E3 Government Executive

   “Tyler Cowen suggests how to address some of the biggest obstacles to fighting COVID-19.”

4. E4 Roam Notes on Atlantic Interview with Tyler Cowen “The Regulatory State is Failing Us” marknagelberg.com · 18 July 2020

   “He fleshed out his concerns and desired reforms in an interview conducted over email.”

Independent sources confirm that Conor Friedersdorf interviewed Tyler Cowen for The Atlantic in a piece titled "The Regulatory State Is Failing Us" (E3, E4). Cowen's post linking to the published piece is timestamped 2:12 am on 30 May 2020 (E1, E2), so the piece was very likely out by 29 May, though no source gives the Atlantic article's exact date. E4 says the interview was conducted over email, which makes it a written Q&A rather than a spoken interview, a minor difference under the criteria.