Tyler Cowen (born 21 January 1962) is an American economist.

Cowen has made contributions to population ethics,^[1][2][3] temporal discounting,^[4][5] cluelessness,^[6] wild animal welfare,^[7] farmed animal welfare,^[8]  the long-term future,^[9] the long-run significance of economic growth,^[10] and other topics.