manganzon23 (September 2, 2008 at 9:21 pm)

One of the most influencial people in our history.

gw2010 (August 29, 2008 at 8:03 pm)

milton is the bomb anton brjozovski

BRYAN351 (August 28, 2008 at 4:31 am)

iughew, I would not trust anything written by Naomi Klein. She is a die-hard, agenda driven socialist, and I've noticed that socialists like her stop at nothing to convince the world of their vision. They lie about free-market advocates in an attempt to slander their character, so people won't respect their views. They'll twist the truth and omit details if it suits their agenda. Friedman never supported Pinochet's horrible acts. Why would he??? He simply gave him advice early on.

iughewfghewfnm (August 28, 2008 at 2:36 am)

BRYAN351 I read every book from Friedman Agreed and disagreed with some. I think he is a great economist and intellectual. But I have also read Naomi Klein and discovered Friedman fully supported Pinochet a horrible dictator and personally witnessed mass murders. Marx never actually supported a dictator and it is not his fault in any way what Stalin did. I don't want to insult Friedman But I invite to reflect on the border line between theory and practice and the way the practice is enforced.

BRYAN351 (August 26, 2008 at 10:31 am)

iughew, give me a fucking break. Friedman, or his ideas, aren't responsible for any murders, anywhere. That's even dumber than if you blamed Karl Marx for the mass murder committed by Stalin. However, at least Marx's writings encouraged a certain amount of tyranny. NOTHING Friedman ever wrote or said encouraged tyranny or mass murder. Quite the contrary, actually. If you're a collectivist and hate free market capitalism, fine, denounce it, but don't lie about Friedman.

iughewfghewfnm (August 25, 2008 at 11:32 pm)

milton friedman is an intellectual that with his ideas supported and encouraged mass murder in chile argentina and other south american countries. His brilliancy is not arguable but his determination in testing his theories has made him a criminal, and he should be remembered as one.

maybmaybnot (August 21, 2008 at 8:23 pm)

i know milton

zsylvana (August 20, 2008 at 8:55 pm)

88ragtime.I agree with you!Regulations and State inventions saved and Big Corporations as a Capitalist system.If Friedmans unregulated,totally freemarket concept had dominated there had been real Classwar,and and Revolution!And Workers had taken over Corporations.I agree

newworldorder08 (August 18, 2008 at 4:37 pm)

RIGHT!

sweetpotos (August 16, 2008 at 1:37 am)

Also, they didn't have dictatorships to advise on economic policy. ;)