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Milton Friedman’s Influence Will Continue to Grow

Alan Meltzer has written a fine tribute to Milton Friedman. He documents how the country and world have changed due to Friedman’s courage and steadfastness in challenging the climate of opinion of the 1930’s and 1940’s:
Friedman’s four major successes were ending the military draft, floating the dollar and other currencies, removing interest-rate ceilings on bank [...]

Rail Runner Math Puzzle

I’ve never been very good at math so help me out on this one. The Rail Runner’s website says that its 200,000 rider was celebrated on October 13. The Rail Runner has run on weekdays since July 14 (except for Labor day). That means it took 64 days of train rides before the 200 thousandth [...]

The Taxpayers’ Relentless Sentinel

Thanks to Silvio Dell’Angela for rallying the public in opposition to the streetcar nonsense.

And We Are Thankful for Larry Reed

Larry Reed is thankful for think tanks. RGF is thankful for Larry Reed.
Don’t overlook this priceless insight about the first Thanksgiving.

2008 Presidential Probablilites for You Political Junkies

Here are the latest probablilites from tradesport.com (notice who does not make the list????):

Streetcar Fraud

Update 11/21/06: Thanks to a couple of observant readers who noticed that “500 adult residents” of ABQ should read “500k adult residents.” I have changed “500″ to “half-million” for clarity. Thanks for the help.
My remarks at yesterday’s streetcar rally:
Last Wednesday the mayor’s spokesman wrote an opinion piece arguing for the streetcar initiative. The piece [...]

Milton Friedman’s Case for Economic Freedom

Check out Arnold Kling’s summary of Friedman’s arguments for freedom. This is the best summary by far that I have seen since Friedman’s passing. This is the superb kind of writing that I have come to expect from Kling.

We Are Now All Friedmanites

Larry Summers has a great tribute to Milton Friedman in today’s NY Times. Check it out.

Economic Freedom Again Featured in NY Times!

Following up yesterdays article, the NY Times again features Larry Reed with emphasis on how free markets will free Africa from poverty.
Once again the reporter’s overuse of the adjective “conservative” shows that he does not really understand what economic freedom is all about. Otherwise, though, an excellent article.

Legacy of Liberty II

Bruce Bartlett summarizes how Milton and Rose Friedman influenced my life. I am so grateful to them. Free to Choose (coauthored with Rose) should be read by all.
Friedman’s most influential publication was the slender volume, Capitalism and Freedom, based on lectures given in 1956 but not published until 1962. In that book, he put forward [...]

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