The late Rose Director Friedman, wife and co-author to Milton Friedman, will be honored Saturday, December 12th on the University of Chicago campus. Visit the event website for details and RSVP information.
If you’re in the Chicago area, don’t forget to visit…
Art Carden, Rhodes College Professor of Economics, just published an excellent article in the Journal of Lutheran Ethics on Naomi Klein’s book, The Shock Doctrine. We’re not sure why it’s in JLE, but it really is an interesting review of the…
Now that the Milton Friedman Institute (MFI) is up and running, we can clearly see that it is pushing a radical free market agenda without regard to scholarly integrity. May 7th, MFI will host ideological radical Ernst Fehr as a guest…
At the The Fronhausen Review, there is an excellent post on the Friedman Institute controversy. The post features a report and commentary on a round table between the institute’s committee and its detractors. There is interesting discussion of the question of…
reason magazine comments on Senator Bernie Sanders’ talk at the University of Chicago against the Milton Friedman Institute. In it, they respond to Sanders with a clip from Friedman himself. Check it out here.
In David Boaz’s new article this week in The Guardian, he argues that the reality of government behavior under crisis is miles from Klein’s claim. The new administration is using the current economic “shock” to increase the size and power of…
Ken Kurson at Reason’s Hit & Run blog asks the question de jour: “So why are Americans—the inventors of Google, the assembly line, and the Pocket Fisherman—suddenly so willing to ditch all we’ve known and put our trust in Nancy Pelosi…
A friend just tipped me off to another article by scholar Johan Norbgerg in which he trounces her many inaccuracies about Milton Friedman and the Chicago School. In this highly readable article, he picks of her major claims and one by…
Lars Hansen, economics professor at the University of Chicago, posted a statement (PDF) on his website about the Friedman Institute. The statement gives an excellent explanation of MFI’s goals and motivations.
Goals of MFI:
The Milton Friedman Institute will serve two important…
