FriedmanFacts.com has spent some time discussing Naomi Klein. Partly, this is because although Klein’s ideas are neither rigorous nor historically accurate, and are easily falsified, they certainly are persuasive to large amounts of people who don’t have the time or… [Read the rest]
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The truth about Milton Friedman and free markets
How Milton Friedman Saved Chile
In the wake of Chile’s 8.8 earthquake, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal about how “Milton Friedman gave Chileans the intellectual wherewithal first to survive the quake, and now to build their lives anew.”
It is a… [Read the rest]
Remembering Rose Director Friedman
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,… [Read the rest]
New review of “Shock Doctrine”
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… [Read the rest]
What does the Friedman Institute do now?
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… [Read the rest]
Milton Friedman and subjective truths
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… [Read the rest]
reason magazine blog mentions MFI controversy
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.
Obama’s stimulus plan, Friedman, and shock
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… [Read the rest]
Friedman on greed and capitalism
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… [Read the rest]
Dr Friedman and Mr Hyde
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… [Read the rest]
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