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A man who hated government

Conservative economic guru and liberal nemesis Milton Friedman hated intervention of any sort, whether in the market or in recreational drug use.
By Brad DeLong

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  • Friday, November 17, 2006 10:03 AM

    I Studied Friedman in Grad School

    He's an economist like all the other economists. It's not a philosophy or a religion or an ethos which is what all the todies forgot. You are free to pick up or discard whatever aspects you like w/o having to drink the koolaid. Of course if libertarians and other fools want to bow and scrape, that's their deal.

    —SR

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