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Stubborn Attachments by Tyler Cowen — WisdomDeck honest review
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Stubborn Attachments

by Tyler Cowen

A short moral philosophy: maximize sustainable economic growth, respect human rights, care about the distant future. Cowen's core beliefs in one argument.

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  1. Growth compounds wellbeing.
  2. Rights are constraints.
  3. The future counts.

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