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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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 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… [Read the rest]

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]

Naomi Klein’s ability to shamelessly spin lies without scorn from the journalistic community is astounding. Despite excellent treatises on her fact-checking and logical ineptitude (here, here, here, here, and here, plus a bevy of YouTube… [Read the rest]