Name: Stubborn Attachments
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Author: Tyler Cowen

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Tyler Cowen provides a roadmap for moving forward.  In his new book, Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals, he argues that our reason and common sense can help free us of the faulty ideas that hold us back as people and as a society. 

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