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Civil liberties journalist Radley Balko comments on whether Naomi Klein is justified in blaming Milton Friedman for the ills of the countries he visited:

[Klein says that] because Milton Friedman advised governments about free markets and individual freedom, and

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I just came across an excellent, even-handed article in reason discussing the pros and cons of Friedman’s interaction with Chile. An excerpt:

It may have been more morally satisfying to have no relationship with Pinochet, merely condemn him from

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We’re not sure why Klein utilizes so many untruths in her new book.   Some of us think she herself is misinformed or mislead, while others of us feel there is something more sinister afoot.  Whatever the reason, shoddy scholarship should… [Read the rest]

The anonymous professor who introduced Naomi Klein last evening made a lengthy point that no one would stand up to debate Klein.  This is patently false.  FriedmanFacts.com contacted the organizers nearly two weeks prior to the event – when… [Read the rest]

Although Swedish writer Johan Norberg has done an excellent job of discrediting the idea that Milton Friedman and his scholarship were responsible for Chilean violence, both in print and video, we can also see what Friedman himself said… [Read the rest]

A group of University of Chicago faculty, along with the Platypus Society, are hosting polemicist Naomi Klein to speak out against the Friedman Institute.  Klein is well-suited to this task.  Her new book, Shock Doctrine, falsely condemns Friedman as, among other… [Read the rest]