in this threas we discuss Milton Friedman and his ideology and his influence to world and economics of today , what do you think about this man and his books works.?
>>1074879
He had great ideas but never had to deal with the reality of implementing them as he just stayed in academia.
How the hell do you actually get things like negative income tax and school vouchers implemented in the real world?
Monetarism is stupid and his shareholder value theory destroyed and deindustrialized the American economy
>>1074879
He was a joke of an economist. His understanding of the monetary system was completely incorrect and his wider economic beliefs produced nothing but failures when they were tried.
>>1074879
>MUH FREE MARKET
>>1074899
>How the hell do you actually get things like negative income tax and school vouchers implemented in the real world?
I don't know, but school vouchers were implemented in the real world.
>>1074879
Great man.
Undoubtedly one of the greatest economic thinkers of the latter part of the 20th century.
>>1074899
not like he argued against the draft with some general or anything