Archive for Milton Friedman
My Favorite Libertarian Books*
I am one of the many millions of beneficiaries of Andrew Carnegie’s public libraries. The one in the small town in which I grew up (Rahway, New Jersey) fed my early interest in books, providing a range of reading matter that was available in no other way, since there were few books at home. That [...]
28Jun2010 | Milton Friedman | 4 comments | ContinuedFriedman And North on Vouchers
To the Editor: Re the article by Gary North in the February 1993 Freeman on “Educational Vouchers,” may I call the attention of your readers to the following quotation from my wife’s and my book Free to Choose (pp. 161-163): This plan [the voucher plan we propose] would relieve no one of the burden of [...]
1Jul1993 | Milton Friedman | 6 comments | ContinuedThe Tide in the Affairs of Men
Milton Friedman and Rose D. Friedman, both economists, are the authors of Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose. Milton Friedman, recipient of the Nobel prize for economics in 1976. is senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Paul Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at the University of Chicago. This essay [...]
1Apr1989 | and Milton Friedman | 1 comment | ContinuedCapitalism and the Jews
Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. This article is reprinted with the permission of Encounter and The Fraser Institute. “Capitalism and the Jews” was originally presented as a lecture before the Mont Pelerin Society in 1972. It subsequently was published [...]
1Oct1988 | Milton Friedman | 11 comments | ContinuedCapitalism and Freedom
Ideas on liberty by the 1976 Nobel Prize winner.
1Jan1977 | Milton Friedman | 1 comment | ContinuedFEO and the Gas Lines
If we wait for Uncle Sam to provide, the lines will be interminable.
1May1974 | Milton Friedman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Natural History of Governmental Intervention
How one intervention leads to another, with effects the opposite of the good intentions.
1Aug1972 | Milton Friedman | 0 comments | ContinuedMorality and Controls
By making actions illegal that are in the public interest, controls undermine individual morality.
1Jan1972 | Milton Friedman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Public Be Damned
A businessman might have said it, but only a bureaucrat can get away with it.
1Oct1968 | Milton Friedman | 1 comment | ContinuedAuto-Safety Standards
And for a more detailed look at one of those interventions, join Milton Friedman on the subject of auto safety.
1Aug1967 | Milton Friedman | 1 comment | Continued-
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