Tag: Milton Friedman

Notable Quote – Decisions leading to Serfdom versus Freedom.

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

by Skip

Emphasis mine:

The promotion of collectivism is combined with the profession of individualist values.

If You Want the Poor to be Richer, Socialism Can’t do That!

August 16, 2021

by Skip

Do you want to be in charge of your own economic choices, or are you in favor of others making those choices without your input? That’s really what’s at stake and what Friedman points out here.

Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste

March 17, 2020

Yes, the Coronavirus is a real threat, and is now a global crisis. Economies are crashing, businesses are shuttered, people are unemployed. Toilet paper is impossible to find, as is Lysol, Clorox, and other disinfectants. But, naturally, politicians never let a good crisis go to waste. In today’s press conference, President Trump hinted at implementing … Read more

Milton Friedman Has a Message for NH Democrats on Poverty and the Minimum Wage

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Search ‘Minimum Wage‘ on these pages, and you will find a wealth of information on the issue. Learn about New Hampshire’s unique advantage on the matter. And how its promised expansion is little more than virtue signaling by Democrats whose ideological ancestors invented it to keep people down. Something it continues to do today everywhere it is tried.

School Choice And the Regulatory State

July 15, 2024August 5, 2015

by Steve MacDonald

Greg Moore from AFP joins us to talk about Milton Friedman, Free lunch, School choice, and the encroaching regulatory state.

Notable Quote: Less Government is for the Ordinary Worker

September 26, 2018October 20, 2012

“One of the reasons why I am in favor of less government, is because when you have more government industrialists take it over and the two together form a coalition against the ordinary worker and the ordinary consumer” Milton Freidman

Notable Quote – Milton Friedman (on the occasion of the birth of this Nobel Prize winning economist)

September 26, 2018July 31, 2012

by Skip

What the market does is to reduce greatly the range of issues that must be decided through political means, and thereby to minimize the extent to which government need participate directly in the game. The characteristic feature of action through political channels is that it tends to require or enforce substantial conformity. The great advantage … Read more

Boom Baby! Milton Friedman Brings The Rain

September 26, 2018September 14, 2010

by Steve MacDonald

I can’t thank Erik Erickson enough for posting this. In two minutes Milton Friedman destroys Phil Donahue. I don’t need to go on—let’s just enjoy it shall we? Just look at Phil’s face. He’s beside his liberal self with nowhere to run. (updated)–I do want to point out, to Phil’s credit, that he is … Read more