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Well, this is nice. Obviously we don't need to mention how Friedman's monetarist policy, once adopted by Reagan, Thatcher, Paul Volcker, etc., led to millions of people landing in unemployment? And that it was completely wrong from the get-go? Nah, I guess we're just going to have a fawning puffpiece. Well, okay.
Am I the only one who notices that the only people who seem to be interested in championing libertarianism are straight white guys who are ZOMG SO OPPRESSED by anything that refuses to acknowledge their dick as the center of the universe? Government should be, and can be, an instrument of good. It's the job of the voters and the civil servants alike to ensure that this happens as much as possible, rather than simply render it toothless and useless.
