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Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen is an economist, author and commentator who holds the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and co-founded the Marginal Revolution blog.

775 claims collected, 174 researched, 97 resolved. Report of 4 November 2026, method 0.1.0+c876030c.

Scores by kind of claim

Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

  • Factual claims

    Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

    80 75 85

    High confidence, 93 factual claims resolved. From 15 documents, 2004 to 2026; 19 documents sampled from 37 candidates found.

    Not scored: 26 unresolvable, 14 checkable only against their own records.

  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    Insufficient record: 4 predictions resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 31 unresolvable. 4 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

  • Promises

    Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

    Insufficient record: 0 promises resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 1 unresolvable, 1 checkable only against their own records.

All types combined: 80 (likely 75 to 85, high confidence), from 93 claims: 93 factual claims. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Tyler Cowen's claims

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Resolved true Factual 30 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen appeared on the Conversations with Coleman podcast, published by 2026-03-30. Factual · 30 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Factual 26 Mar 2026 The last chapter of Tyler Cowen's new generative book is about how AI will revolutionize the sciences. Factual · 26 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Factual 26 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen published a new "generative book" that he says was fully written by himself. Factual · 26 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 25 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen held a Conversations with Tyler episode with Paul Gillingham, published by 2026-03-25. Factual · 25 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 25 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen's conversation with Paul Gillingham was mostly about Mexico. Factual · 25 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 18 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen held a Conversations with Tyler episode with Harvey Mansfield, published by 2026-03-18. Factual · 18 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 16 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen's planned conversation with Toby Wilkinson has ancient and Ptolemaic Egypt as its topic. Factual · 16 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Factual 4 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen said he was pretty sure new schools would make up below 1%, or certainly below 2%, of higher education. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 The World Bank will not vanish but will become much smaller. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
Not yet due Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Maybe 40 years later, everyone will accept that it is all the AIs, though it will have come about by trick. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI policy and governance
Not yet due Prediction 4 Mar 2026 The AI revolution will be the fastest of all technological revolutions in recent world history. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Factual 4 Mar 2026 Political assassination has already made a big comeback. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Mostly true Factual 4 Mar 2026 In the university sector there are some startups, but they are not significant. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
Not yet due Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Cowen said he thinks that within ten years the US will be bidding for immigrants, be much more selective, use more market mechanisms and use immigration to raise revenue. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Resolved true Factual 4 Mar 2026 The Trump administration is already taking steps toward selling or pricing immigration access, though at too high a price. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Mixed Factual 4 Mar 2026 A large number of assistant deans have been hired at universities in the last 15 years. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Cowen said his best expectation, offered with some hedging, is that France will eke through. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Factual 4 Mar 2026 Cowen would bet 60/40 that there is life on the moons of Saturn, though he said it would not be life like us. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 NATO will probably morph into something quite different, and whether it survives on paper depends on the US. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 AI and tech companies and the US government will become increasingly intertwined, with neither checking the other. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI policy and governance
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 There will be many more fake jobs in the economy in future. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 US healthcare spending will eventually reach 30% of GDP or higher. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 AI decision-making will take hold whether or not people accept it, happening by trick if they do not. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI policy and governance
Mostly true Factual 4 Mar 2026 The human body cannot survive very well on other planets, other moons, or in outer space. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 The nonprofit sector will have fake jobs for a very long time to come, and probably many more of them. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Wealth will not be held only by a small group; there will be a lot of wealth for everyone, though the small group will be much wealthier. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 The supply of people wanting to immigrate to the US will dry up, due to lower birth rates elsewhere and improving source countries. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Mostly true Factual 4 Mar 2026 Most Americans outside border areas do not feel they are losing their country, even if they think immigration is too high. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Mostly false Factual 4 Mar 2026 The World Bank seems weaker in relative terms, more displaced by private capital markets. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 India and Africa would probably be the next waves. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Cowen said he was worried a bit about the inverted population pyramid, but thinks AI will provide enough of a productivity boost that it "won't bankrupt us." Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI, the economy and work
Mixed Factual 4 Mar 2026 Hungary's birth subsidies boosted its birth rate for a while, before it fell back. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Things will be pushed through for somewhat myopic reasons, such as the need to outpace China (which might even be true), and that will be the selling point. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI policy and governance
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 AIs will build their own institutions rather than a new UN or Bretton Woods. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI policy and governance
Resolved true Factual 4 Mar 2026 Hungary spent up to 5% of its GDP on birth subsidies. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 The US will keep increasing its healthcare spending. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 The US will remain a nation of immigrants. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Mostly true Factual 4 Mar 2026 Tyler Cowen held a literary Conversations with Tyler episode with Henry Oliver, published by 2026-03-04. Factual · 4 Mar 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not yet due Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Cowen said he can readily imagine that within 50 years most diseases will have been beaten back and everyone will die of old age or accidents. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 Future conflicts will be more like World War One than World War Two. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 Other global risks
Unresolvable Prediction 4 Mar 2026 In programming, AI will win out and do most of the work, with humans possibly working alongside it. Prediction · 4 Mar 2026 AI capabilities
Resolved true Factual 22 Feb 2026 Tyler Cowen recorded a podcast with Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer, mostly on geopolitics, with a transcript available. Factual · 22 Feb 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 18 Feb 2026 Tyler Cowen appeared on the podcast of Rasheed Griffith and Diego Sanchez de la Cruz, discussing Latin America and Spain. Factual · 18 Feb 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 18 Feb 2026 Tyler Cowen held a Conversations with Tyler episode with Joe Studwell, published by 2026-02-18. Factual · 18 Feb 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 4 Feb 2026 Tyler Cowen held a Conversations with Tyler episode with Andrew Ross Sorkin, published by 2026-02-04. Factual · 4 Feb 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 26 Jan 2026 Shikha Dalmia moderated a podcast discussion between Tyler Cowen and Francis Fukuyama, published by 2026-01-26. Factual · 26 Jan 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 24 Jan 2026 The 51st cohort of Emergent Ventures winners was announced by 2026-01-24. Factual · 24 Jan 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 21 Jan 2026 Tyler Cowen held a Conversations with Tyler episode with Diarmaid MacCulloch, published by 2026-01-21. Factual · 21 Jan 2026 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Factual 12 Jan 2026 Joe Studwell has a new book titled How Africa Works. Factual · 12 Jan 2026 Economics and markets
Resolved true Factual 7 Jan 2026 Tyler Cowen held a Conversations with Tyler episode with Brendan Foody, published by 2026-01-07. Factual · 7 Jan 2026 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Factual 6 Dec 2025 The UK continues to deindustrialize, and London's standing as a financial centre was hurt by 2008, Brexit and superior innovations elsewhere. Factual · 6 Dec 2025 Economics and markets
Mixed Factual 6 Dec 2025 The UK's human capital (through brain drain) and its matching of market demands have both declined in recent times. Factual · 6 Dec 2025 Economics and markets
Mostly false Factual 6 Dec 2025 In Cowen's view, weak human capital and mismatch with market demand are the biggest reasons the UK is currently in economic trouble. Factual · 6 Dec 2025 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 6 Dec 2025 Institutions matter and, in addition to their usual effects, will shape both of the factors Cowen labels #1 and #2 over the longer run. Prediction · 6 Dec 2025 Economics and markets
Resolved true Factual 6 Dec 2025 Countries' growth rates in one decade are not very predictive of their growth rates in subsequent decades. Factual · 6 Dec 2025 Economics and markets
Mostly true Factual 6 Dec 2025 Growth theories giving predominant weight to institutions predict much more serial correlation of growth rates than is found in the data. Factual · 6 Dec 2025 Economics and markets
Mostly false Factual 6 Dec 2025 An increasing number of smart Britons are leaving the UK for the US or Dubai. Factual · 6 Dec 2025 Economics and markets
Resolved true Factual 25 Dec 2024 Tom Tugendhat did not become leader of the UK Conservative Party. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Own records only Factual 25 Dec 2024 Marc Andreessen has promised Tyler Cowen that Christopher Nolan's film Tenet makes sense. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Resolved true Factual 25 Dec 2024 The war in Ethiopia affecting Yonas's region is over in the immediate sense. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Resolved true Factual 25 Dec 2024 Srugim is a TV show covering Modern Orthodox Jews in contemporary Israel. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Mostly true Factual 25 Dec 2024 As of December 2024, OpenAI's o1 pro is the best AI model available. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 AI capabilities
Own records only Factual 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen said that people in video games have told him that the seminal games are now all a bit old and that it is becoming more derivative. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Dec 2024 Cowen guessed that Emergent Ventures winners working on aging will simply help people live to 100, rather than stopping or reversing aging, and he called that still a great investment. Prediction · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Unresolvable Factual 25 Dec 2024 On the podcast Cowen was describing, which he contrasted with Conversations with Tyler, neither host interviews the other; they go back and forth. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen said that, on their current trajectory, he does not see "that" happening for video games; the surroundings do not say what "that" refers to. Prediction · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Mostly false Factual 25 Dec 2024 The Israeli TV show Srugim is now massively popular. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Resolved true Factual 25 Dec 2024 Cowen says the person he is discussing has definitely made many more people vegetarians and probably influenced pro-animal legislation, adding that he has never measured this. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen said he would bet against academic economists being highly influential in the Trump administration, except perhaps in very indirect, roundabout ways. Prediction · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Mostly true Factual 25 Dec 2024 The Biden administration relied much less on economists than the Obama administration did. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Mostly true Factual 25 Dec 2024 The podcast Cowen was describing, which he said had about seven episodes and in which neither host interviews the other, is all economics, unlike Conversations with Tyler. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen said he thinks the episode with Peter is typically the most downloaded episode for many people, and that it is his pick. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Their own work or organisation
Mixed Factual 25 Dec 2024 Hester Peirce previously worked at Mercatus, where she studied crypto, before becoming an SEC commissioner. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Economics and markets
Mixed Factual 25 Dec 2024 Use of Washington DC bike lanes has been declining, according to numbers Cowen has seen. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Dec 2024 Cowen said he does not think individual humans can live forever. Prediction · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Mostly true Factual 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen said he stated The Great Stagnation in 2011 and that he thinks it was seen as radical at the time. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Dec 2024 Cowen guessed that there is some natural limit to human lifespan, due to the brain, somewhere between 100 and 120 years. Prediction · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Resolved true Factual 25 Dec 2024 Of the two films discussed, Cowen said Touch of Sin is the one that has become a big deal. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Unresolvable Factual 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen said he now has an electronic payments network set up. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Factual 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen said that when he wrote that post he was convinced it was going nowhere, but that it is still a thing. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Factual 25 Dec 2024 Blitz was the notable World War II film released in 2024. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Other
Resolved true Factual 25 Dec 2024 Some classical music recordings sell at most 300 to 400 copies. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 25 Dec 2024 Tyler Cowen knows at least five talented people who as teenagers wanted to become economists but chose other paths after learning what the profession involves. Factual · 25 Dec 2024 Field building and careers
Resolved true Factual 23 Mar 2022 Tyler Cowen published a Conversation with Lydia Davis. Factual · 23 Mar 2022 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Promise 19 Mar 2022 Tyler Cowen will make an Emergent Ventures donation to Mylovanov, with his team contacting him to ensure secure delivery. Promise · 19 Mar 2022 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Factual 11 Mar 2022 The eighteenth cohort of Emergent Ventures winners was announced. Factual · 11 Mar 2022 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 9 Mar 2022 Tyler Cowen published a Conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried. Factual · 9 Mar 2022 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Factual 7 Mar 2022 An excerpt from Tyler Cowen's book Talent, with Daniel Gross, was published. Factual · 7 Mar 2022 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Factual 25 Feb 2022 Tyler Cowen said it seemed to him at that point that the UFO footage was not of the Russian military. Factual · 25 Feb 2022 Other
Mostly true Factual 23 Feb 2022 Tyler Cowen published a multi-part Conversation with Chuck Klosterman, longer than usual. Factual · 23 Feb 2022 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 12 Feb 2022 TechCrunch interviewed Tyler Cowen about crypto. Factual · 12 Feb 2022 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Prediction 29 Dec 2021 The University of Austin will attract a fair number of students. Prediction · 29 Dec 2021 Field building and careers
Unresolvable Factual 29 Dec 2021 Tyler Cowen gave his personal estimate that UFOs are aliens as somewhere between 1 and 10 percent, depending on his mood on a given day. Factual · 29 Dec 2021 Other
Mostly true Factual 29 Dec 2021 Tyler Cowen said it now seems quite clear that the data the US Navy is picking up on unidentified aerial phenomena are real, not instrument errors or bad eyewitness reports. Factual · 29 Dec 2021 Other
Mostly true Factual 29 Dec 2021 The food in airports has gotten better over time. Factual · 29 Dec 2021 Other
Own records only Factual 29 Dec 2021 Tyler Cowen and his team did not foresee the Delta variant when making their 2021 predictions, as many others also did not. Factual · 29 Dec 2021 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Factual 29 Dec 2021 The film Cowen was discussing, which is based on a novel from around 1965, is not on a lot of best-of lists this year. Factual · 29 Dec 2021 Other
Own records only Factual 29 Dec 2021 Tyler Cowen saw about 30 movies in a theater in 2021. Factual · 29 Dec 2021 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Factual 29 Dec 2021 Tyler Cowen sits on the advisory board of the University of Austin and has no governing role there. Factual · 29 Dec 2021 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Promise 29 Dec 2021 Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross's book Talent will be published by St. Martin's on May 22, 2022. Promise · 29 Dec 2021 Their own work or organisation
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Tyler Cowen

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Prediction Other global risks

“Future conflicts will be more like World War One than World War Two.”

Tyler Cowen, interviewee 4 March 2026 Forecast 2050 - Tyler Cowen Transcript (Finn Murphy Substack)

Future conflicts will be more like World War One than World War Two.

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Open-ended prediction with no horizon.

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Tyler Cowen, “Future conflicts will be more like World War One than World War Two.” (said 4 March 2026). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_fa7883ced33e, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_fa7883ced33e

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