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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… [Read the rest]
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… [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… [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… [Read the rest]
