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Matt Miller: The Tyranny of Dead Ideas

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Eatonhogg Avatar
Eatonhogg
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Posted: 06.28.09, 10:50 PM
Many folks seemed to be bothered by Miller's self-interested and capitalistic promotion of his book. Is this the contradiction that irritates people? I recommend we let the market sort this kind of thing out.
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tony48 Avatar
tony48
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Posted: 05.04.09, 03:03 PM
I enjoyed M. Miller's anaysis and found it stimulating. Its obvious that the success of Bill Clinton was due to thinking like Matt Miller is supporting. This lecture stood on its own it was not a teaser,contraction or an empty book promotion but a cogent presentation by a bright stimulating intellectual.
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icarusholmes
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Posted: 03.08.09, 01:53 AM
@Chase.

You are correct, sir. Seems to me every time I click an interesting link, I'm presented with yet another book promotion...
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Posted: 02.27.09, 07:02 AM
And so he is a good public speaker and wrote a book. I’m sure he is full of contradictions. I wouldn’t know.
I think he does, however, identify that no system is perfect. The contradictions arise when you analyse history. History can be defined as a series of social events therefore history never exactly repeats itself in the same exact way. It repeats itself but the causality is always different and unpredictable. It is too easy to look to historic events and facts to support your premises. It may provide us with some insight but it is not a reliable way of forecasting.
I believe what he really wanted to say is that when you ignore the inevitable (or reality) bad things will and must happen (contradictions of reality) and the individual (or society in general) should be accountable and will eventually have a personal interest to resolve these issues. Nobody's ideas are perfect, they can only be generally accepted at best but we should always consider every idea wrong and look for ways of proving them so.
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Chase
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Posted: 02.25.09, 05:37 AM
I watched the first half-hour, in which he outlines his 'dead ideas'.

This is nothing more than book promotion, to appeal to the lowest common denominator statists.

He contradicts himself at every turn, and appears to have little understanding of cause-effect relationships in the economy. He baselessly links every problem to his idea of free individuals not knowing what is best for themselves.
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Chase
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Posted: 02.25.09, 05:37 AM
I watched the first half-hour, in which he outlines his 'dead ideas'.

This is nothing more than book promotion, to appeal to the lowest common denominator statists.

He contradicts himself at every turn, and appears to have little understanding of cause-effect relationships in the economy. He baselessly links every problem to free individuals not knowing what is best for themselves.
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