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February 13, 2009 8:20 AM

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Matt Miller — Matt Miller is the author of "The Two Percent Solution" and "The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity."
Photo courtesy Matt Miller

Journalist and former Clinton administration adviser Matt Miller discusses his new book "The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity."

Miller is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a contributing editor at Fortune magazine.

He's also an award-winning contributor to The New York Times and a commentator on National Public Radio.

Miller spoke at the Commonwealth Club of California earlier this week.

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Matt Miller — Matt Miller is the author of "The Two Percent Solution" and "The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity."
Photo courtesy Matt Miller

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