Friedman = Pinochet

 

Milton Friedman's Hong Kong Misconceptions

This AsiaSentinel article points out that Friedman ignored four major areas of socialism in Hong Kong: subsidized housing, free medical care, free education, and external security provided by another nation.

NEW 7/07: Maxspeak Does Milton Friedman Day

"Today we discuss Milton Friedman's leading contributions to economic thought, under the general theme, How Somebody So Well-Regarded Was Oh So Wrong."

NEW 11/07: This Choir Does The Preaching!

The Milton Friedman choir sings of how corporations are amoral and have no choice, so let us rejoice in privatization. Bizarre!

NEW 2/08: Shleifer the (Counter-)Revolutionary

Dani Rodrik ridicules Andrei Shleifer's "Age of Milton Friedman" triumphalism, pointing out how the evidence is misused.

NEW 3/09: Milton Friedman - Economist/Intellectual Prostitute

Shaun Snapp's condemnation of Milton Friedman for shilling for corporate interests in maximizing their profits at the expense of the rest of us.

NEW 3/09: Milton Friedman: a study in failure

Friedman's most successful influence in government policy was one he regretted: creating the withholding tax.

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