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Ep. 38: The Up Side of Down (with Megan McArdle)

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Channel: Libertarianism.org · 2014 · News & Politics

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Megan McArdle joins us to talk about her new book The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well is the Key to Success (2014). We don't tend to think of failure as a good thing. But McArdle says that recognizing failure—and in some cases embracing it—is a crucial part of what makes American culture, markets, and society successful. But she also says we're getting worse at dealing with failure. Is the world too fragile to tolerate failure now?

Megan McArdle is a Bloomberg View columnist who writes on economics, business and public policy. She is the author of The Up Side of Down (2014). McArdle previously wrote for Newsweek-the Daily Beast, the Atlantic and the Economist. She has a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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