"The Life and Times of Milton Friedman"


An amazing piece on the late economist

Brian Doherty has a fantastic profile of Milton Friedman at Reason Magazine.

It covers his mistakes (withholding system for paying income tax) with some of his greatest achievements. But the last paragraph is the kicker.

Milton Friedman was never a politician. He could never make things happen. He could only attempt to persuade his fellow citizens and their leaders, making himself an exemplar of the virtues of the truly liberal intellectual. Because of him, the world is a freer and better place.

Friedman had to convince people that his ideas had merit. That perfectly illustrates the principles he stood for and says more about the worth of those ideas than anything else he could have done.

Free to choose indeed.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Fri - February 23, 2007 at 01:21 PM  Tag


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