The 2009 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine, gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.
The Tyranny of Dead Ideas
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Award-winning journalist Matt Miller argues that many of our current ideas about economic and social well-being need to change. He spoke at the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival about his latest book, "The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity."
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