The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both.
Milton Friedman
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Paul Krugman on Milton Friedman (and my opinion on Krugman’s essay)
Quite a long essay of Paul Krugman on Milton Friedman, in the New York Review of Books. I must say I would only call “fascinating”, as Greg Mankiw does (with a shadow of irony, I’d like to hope; he couldn’t have read the entire article, otherwise), its first part, up to the 3rd section (part which is also well written and informative, I’d say, also for persons who did not have formal training in Economics).
→ Read more Milton Friedman Day: Jan 29, 2007
Mark your calendars for “a day of national celebration and remembrance of Friedman’s life and his influence on American society and economic systems”. See also Dubner’s entry about the event, on Freakonomics.
→ Read more Friedman-Fenwick vs. Shmidlapp (and raising minimum wages in USA…)
I kept updating my entry on the minimum wage controversy in the USA with new posts by Greg Mankiw. And yet again thanks to Professor Mankiw’s blog (he does have a great influence on me, doesn’t he!),
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An update for one of my previous posts. In the last days many have written on Milton Friedman. I chose below a selection of pieces written by well-known economists and not just any of them, but indeed some of my favourites:
- Gary Becker’s more personal note, very moving and very well written.