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Friday, November 17, 2006 12:00 AM

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.

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  • Friday, November 17, 2006 12:45 PM

    Pragamtism

    Whoever wrote on health care in canada clearly has never tried to make a doctors's appointment in canada. The canadian/univeral health care system can be as problematic as our own. This is not to say that we as country should not provide health care to those who cannot afford it, but rather think harder about a better system. If there is something to be learned from Delong's article on Friedman, is that we all need to be more pragrmatic. Hopefully politicians on both aisles can learn from their economists and tackle problems not with pure idealogy but rather from a hope to find something that works.

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