One simple reason why travel is important

Tyler Cowen

Marginal REVOLUTION, July 30, 2023

Abstract

Travel makes you a better reader, especially for history, geography, (factual) economics, and political science. I have been reading two good books about Sri Lanka, namely K.M. de Silva’s Sri Lanka and the Defeat of the LTTE and also his A History of Sri Lanka. Both would be very difficult to follow if I didn’t […]

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Travel makes you a better reader, especially for history, geography, (factual) economics, and political science… In part you visit places simply to make your later reading about them more productive.