Can a Phone Be a Cow? (with Philip Auerswald)
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Episode: Can a Phone Be a Cow? (with Philip Auerswald)
Pub date: 2026-06-22
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Can a phone be a cow? It could in 1990s Bangladesh. This was the insight of a small number of mobile phone market pioneers who helped catalyze the spread of the greatest technological revolution in human history. Listen as George Mason University economist Philip Auerswald speaks to EconTalk's Russ Roberts about how the extension of connectivity to traditionally excluded…
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