# Be suspicious of simple stories

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMidAtlantic
- Speaker: Tyler Cowen
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tyler_cowen_be_suspicious_of_simple_stories)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Like all of us, economist Tyler Cowen loves a good story. But in this intriguing talk, he asks us to step away from thinking of our lives -- and our messy, complicated irrational world -- in terms of a simple narrative.

## Lectures

1. [Be suspicious of simple stories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tyler_cowen_be_suspicious_of_simple_stories/fae49403bad2), 16 min (TED's player)