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RIP Milton Friedman

RIP Milton Friedman

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http://www.cato.org/

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"Mr Friedman, who coined the phrase 'there's no such thing as a free lunch', was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1976.

"Known as the high priest of monetarism, his ideas gained popularity in the 1980s when they influenced the policies of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan."

The story does not record the number of people who were thrown out of work, or otherwise impoverished, as a result of his ideas, though the obscenely rich will no doubt be lavish in their praises.

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Originally posted by jetcloud
"Mr Friedman, who coined the phrase 'there's no such thing as a free lunch', was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1976.

"Known as the high priest of monetarism, his ideas gained popularity in the 1980s when they influenced the policies of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan."

The story does not record the number of people who were thrown out o ...[text shortened]... a result of his ideas, though the obscenely rich will no doubt be lavish in their praises.
Get a job.

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Good riddance to Friedman. I'm sure not going to miss him.

If there are any RIPs to be given on this day, they should go to Bo Schembechler.

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Originally posted by jetcloud
"Mr Friedman, who coined the phrase 'there's no such thing as a free lunch'
Thanks. Now I know which grave to slap.

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Originally posted by rwingett
Good riddance to Friedman. I'm sure not going to miss him.

If there are any RIPs to be given on this day, they should go to Bo Schembechler.
I heard Bo Schembechler had acquired all his wealth by working only a few onths a year and he did it by promoting the working class who had little or nothing to show for their labor at the end of four years in his slave labor camp.

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Originally posted by jetcloud
"Mr Friedman, who coined the phrase 'there's no such thing as a free lunch', was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1976.
Actually that was Robert A. Heinlein. Friedman just used it for his own purposes.

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Originally posted by kirksey957
I heard Bo Schembechler had acquired all his wealth by working only a few onths a year and he did it by promoting the working class who had little or nothing to show for their labor at the end of four years in his slave labor camp.
Don't say that in Ann Arbor, or they'll hang you from the goalpost.

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Originally posted by rwingett
Don't say that in Ann Arbor, or they'll hang you from the goalpost.
And no free lunch, either.