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7 minute video This clip from 1978 is timely in the context of a pandemic and how much we should pay to protect ourselves from a contagious virus. More
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“One of the greatest mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” — Milton Friedman

One thing the media has harped on with the Democratic presidential candidates that dropped out — especially Elizabeth Warren — is that the intentions of the policies and programs they offered were good. Medicare for All. Free tuition. Disarming ordinary citizens. Intersectionality. All, supposedly, were offered with the best of intentions. Which incidentally, are the paving stones for the road to hell.

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Here are highlights from his interview with Russ Roberts in 2006: I’ve always felt that the big defect politically of the Federal Reserve is precisely that so much depends on unelected representatives. The central bank is treated as if it were the Supreme Court. That’s why during the Depression, there was no effective controls on […]
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According to Freud, the death wish in individuals is a fundamental psychological propensity. Similarly, a Soviet dissident mathematician, Igor Shafaravich described socialism as a fundamental death wish for society on the part of intellectuals. More
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Known to students at the University of Chicago and NYU law schools as “the libertarian,” Richard Epstein has established himself as an expert in constitutional law, contracts, corporate law, real estate law, torts, labor law—and even Roman law. He is reputed to be more knowledgeable about Justinian’s Code than anyone since the Emperor Justinian himself. The Peter and Kirsten Bedford senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Richard Epstein is the author of several books including, The Cas… [more]
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In a memorial service honoring Milton Friedman held at the Hoover Institution shortly after his death in 2007, Hoover Senior Fellow Edward Lazear hit the nail on the head when he said, only half in jest, “It is amazing how many people can best Milton in an argument when he is not in the room.”

His remark has added relevance today because last week the Business Roundtable (BR), a non-profit comprised of CEOs of major U.S. organizations, did battle with an empty chair with its short announcement entitled, “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” The statement rejects the received wisdom—boldly pronounced in Friedman’s famous 1970 New York Times Magazine article, “The Social Responsibility Of Business Is to Increase Its Profits”—that corporate directors and officers should maximize shareholder value rather than some nebulous concept of social responsibility.

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It’s possible that Milton Friedman was ultimately a communist–as he says, he sometimes liked to talk demagogically: The class war of Watts vs. Beverly Hills. But it’s doubtful. What he was is a contrarian–he liked to shock public opinion. Contrarianism seems to be a combination of astute observation and lack of tact. This is what Aristotle calls wit, educated insolence. Friedman’s argument about middle-class welfare ultimately says what we all know to be true. It’s sent me thinking.

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On this special 50th episode of Whiskey Politics, we are honored to welcome Peter Robinson, Speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan. Among hundreds of other speeches, Peter is now celebrating the 30th anniversary of the history-making Brandenburg Gate speech where against advice from the White House, State Department, and Germans, President Reagan called on General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!” We discuss this pivotal moment in history, the relationships with Margaret Thatcher and Milton Friedman and his upcoming Ricochet and Uncommon Knowledge interview with Pat Sajak at the Reagan Library.

Peter Robinson graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and went on to study politics, philosophy, and economics at Oxford University, graduating in 1982. Peter then spent his next six years in the Reagan White House, first for a year as chief speechwriter to Vice President George Bush and then special assistant and speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan. Now, Peter Robinson, who co-founded Ricochet.com, is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics and hosts Hoover’s video series program, Uncommon Knowledge.

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A society that aims for equality before liberty will end up with neither equality nor liberty.

And a society that aims first for liberty will not end up with equality, but it will end up with a much closer approach to equality than any other kind of system that has ever been developed.

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“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” Milton Friedman More
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I’m writing this at the inspiration of @jamielockett in the interest of demonstrating that we conservatives can and do say “yes.” Some of us may have already broached the subject of whether or not we’re actually conservatives, but whatever, Mr. Lockett. ;)

So, how do we on the Right not merely say “no”? I began discussing the topic here, but I’ve since had the opportunity to think about just what sort of reforms we can advocate which are not merely a return to the past but a way forward into the future; a revolution if you will that might permanently change the game.

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“I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the […]
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Some weeks ago on one of the podcasts, Rob recalled Milton Friedman explaining how assuming that his opponents were arguing in good faith both added years to his life and helped him win more debates. Watching some old videos of the great man on YouTube, I came a fantastic example of the Great Man doing just that:

In it, a character straight out of casting for a 1970s student activist — you simply cannot un-see that hat — filibusters Friedman for nearly two minutes about his criticisms of “so-called communist countries” like the Soviet Union and the general wickedness of capitalism and Western colonialism, earning a round of applause from the audience for his efforts. Within minutes, however, Friedman’s utterly turned the tables, laying out all the ways in which the questioner used wrong facts to come to wrong conclusions and generally make a fool of himself. Best of all, it worked: within minutes, he’d turned the crowd, and without even seeming to break a sweat.

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save or killThis past weekend, I did a pop-culture post based on a game Collider uses on its website called “Save or Kill.” The premise is that you are presented with two icons, both threatened with being wiped from existence forever, and must choose which of the two to save; you cannot save both. The game works best when you really love both icons, so it becomes a real Sophie’s Choice.

That first post didn’t get as many responses as I’d hoped — though my thanks to those who did participate, and there’s still time to jump in! — so I’m tailoring the game in this post with options better-suited to the interests of the Ricochetti.

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“The reason Capitalism gets a bad rap is because it holds you accountable.” .  – Milton Friedman. More
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Bio:  Other rattlesnakes make fun of the Midget Faded Rattlesnake because even though it's a rattlesnake, it's both midget and faded (how embarrassing). Mainly it puts up with this, because it's fairly even-tempered (for a rattlesnake), though it's surprisingly venomous for such an unprepossessing creature. The Midget Faded Rattlesnake hibernates from time to time, but is usually back within a few months.   The M: The M stands for “Moderator”. For more info on what Moderators o… [more]
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I can’t be the first person on Ricochet to have noticed that philosophers and economists don’t always get along. The tension between the two bears some resemblance to the tension between conservatives and liberals. As the old trope goes, conservatives believe that liberalism is wrong, while liberals believe that conservatism is evil. Similarly, when economists and philosophers disagree, the economists believe it’s because the philosophers aren’t making sense, while the philosophers believe it’s because the economists are morally bankrupt.

Do you have a theory about this? I do. Here goes:

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