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]
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]
Is the current economic crisis part of Milton Friedman’s legacy?
Is the current economic crisis part of Milton Friedman’s legacy? Yes, according to Senator Bernard Sanders who will argue the case tonight at the University of Chicago. Sanders, a self-described socialist who, according to Howard Dean, “votes with… [Read the rest]
Sen. Bernie Sanders to lay financial crisis blame at Friedman’s feet
In the latest of a series of anti-Friedman events at the University of Chicago, CORES, Students for CORES and some other statist groups are hosting independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders for a lecture on how the lack of… [Read the rest]
Anti-MFI opposed to academic freedom?
Does the anti-Milton Friedman Institute group want to muffle certain types of research at the University of Chicago? The thought sounds absurd. Yet, from one of their event invitations (PDF), we discover what is at the heart of this… [Read the rest]
Friedman Facts Flyer
There’s nothing like unintentional alliteration in the morning.
Anyway, if you want to print some pro-Friedman literature to put under windshield wipers please consider downloading our flyer. We handed this–and another piece–out on Wednesday at the Naomi Klein event. It… [Read the rest]
Would no one debate Klein?
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]
Live blogging from the Klein event at the U of C
These statements are paraphrased from the Oct. 1st Naomi Klein event.
Hummers bring out Klien’s “nasty side.”
Her feelings on Hummers have changed recently with the increase of the price of gas.
There are many reasons to oppose the MFI–it’s… [Read the rest]
Naomi Klein to speak against Friedman
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]
