You have no advantage. I saw several of his talks & interviews when the book came out.
So you know better, but maintain your glaring misinterpretation out of dishonesty rather than ignorance? Here I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt like a sucker.
I've also presented enough data on Cowen's and Caplan's views to choke a horse as well as criticism where I think they get it wrong.
As I said, I'm not invested in either man's theories, but I have yet to see where you've done anything but attack straw men in a weak attempt to smear an opposing ideology. On reflection, perhaps that much straw could choke a horse. Perhaps if you made your sparring partners from hay or oats?
Again, Cowen's book is making predictions (right or wrong, for better or worse), not suggestions, and he is politically closer to Republicans than Libertarians anyway. You keep trying to conflate Cowen and Caplan's views despite the fact that they bear little resemblance to each other. But then, you are so familiar with them that I'm sure you already knew that.
In conclusion, I wouldn't have Cowen or Caplan over for a cookout, with or without a catalytic converter.