Tag Archives: Milton Friedman

A New Libertarianism of Paranoid Revolt

Jordan Page (who is a kind of Ronpaulist Joan Baez) reflects on the “Revolution March,” a July 12th Ron Paul protest rally in Washington DC, in part organized by Adam Kokesh (who of late believes the Washington police are involved … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Milton: Video Link Fixed

It is Milton Friedman’s birthday! For all kinds of coverage, go to my Milton Friedman Memorial page. Scroll to the bottom and there is a huge collection of thoughts on his passing. Here is one of my favorite bits:

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Tragic News for Leftists

Due to free markets, capitalism and freedom in general, the world is getting wealthier. The last quarter century has witnessed remarkable progress of mankind. The world’s per capita inflation-adjusted income rose from $5400 in 1980 to $8500 in 2005.Schooling and … Continue reading

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“We are tired of leaders who rather than asking what we can do for our country, ask nothing of us at all.”

That’s part of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ response to the SOTU last night. Jim Hoft’s reaction: “Huh?” and drawing the obvious comparison to another famous redistributionist. My first thought was: “Ask? Well I’d be much happier if they’d ‘ask’; that … Continue reading

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Monetarist Hero Anna Schwarz on the Fed

Milton Friedman’s research partner, Anna Schwartz, goes after the federal reserve: As rebukes go in the close-knit world of central banking, few hurt as much as the scathing indictment of US Federal Reserve policy by Professor Anna Schwartz. The high … Continue reading

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Milton Friedman vs. Naomi Klein

Happy New Year! To start off the year right, let’s have a look at a mock-up of a debate between Naomi Klein, reporter-activist extraordinaire, and Milton Friedman, king of economic liberty (via Instapundit). This video was put together by Devil’s … Continue reading

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Wanted: Economics tutor

Unlike many bloggers, I lack Nobel laureate status in Economic Theory.  Or at least so it seems whenever I read just about every blog out there.  Everybody is absolutely sure that their pet economic theories are absolutely right and anyone … Continue reading

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“Small-Government Libertarian”

I seem to have caused some confusion with my previous post, “Putting the Question to the Bishop,” by an inartful use of the term “small-government libertarian.” The more I think about, the clearer it becomes to me that this term … Continue reading

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