![]() ![]() We make food decisions every day, and every one of these decisions has a monetary connotation, so there’s an economic angle to everything and everywhere we eat.Ĭowen’s new book, An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies, is filled with advice on food, and if there’s one overarching theme, it’s that “foodie” should not equate to “snobby.” So what’s he doing giving recommendations for what to eat in the local strip mall?įood, Cowen would argue, is, in fact, always a matter of economics. He has written economics columns for the New York Times, published what the Economist called “the most talked-about economics book of the year” in 2011, and was praised recently by Foreign Policy as one of the world’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers.” The man is obviously quite knowledgeable- when it comes to economics. ![]() Follow Cowen is an economist who teaches at George Mason University. ![]()
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