Comments on: Milton Friedman’s “Free To Choose”

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:55:58 +0000

Thanks Milton for you r sharing of knowledge on economics.
Today’s technology has made it possible for anybody with an interest in the 10-DVD series to access it online and befit from its rich ideas.

By: drew

drew — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:29:50 +0000

"It originally aired on PBS during the 1980s, but thankfully it is now available on our glorious internet."

Technology is such a wonderful gift. Now we can look back at all these great things without any problems.

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By: Mac McCarthy

Mac McCarthy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:51:28 +0000

Milton’s film was broadcast on PBS (of all places) the month before Ronald Reagan was first elected (October 1981). I watched the show and could not believe that what he was saying, though it sounded reasonable, could possibly be true.

So I went out and voted for whoever the Democrat was, went home and read the book, Free To Choose, on which the film was based. By the time I finished, I was no longer a Democrat, but a libertarian.

It was the most persuasive argument for a free country I’ve ever imagined. Friedman addressed the *goals* of liberal Democrats–freedom, prosperity, care for the unfortunate, fairness, and so on–but he showed that the *strategies* of the Democrats (lots of laws and government action) were completely wrong for getting you to that world.

I had never heard that before.

I am so glad I heard it then. It has transformed my understanding of what was until then a frustrating world in which, typical of a liberal, I thought things went badly because of the influence of men of ill will. After reading his book, I realized with a thud that Reagan wasn’t just some rightwing jerk who would throw his weight around and not care about people — but that he had a philosophy about how the world should work. What a revelation!