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Economist Milton Friedman has died.
The Wall Street Journal (Excerpt) (Subscription required) ^ | November 16, 2006

Posted on 11/16/2006 9:22:30 AM PST by HAL9000

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To: editor-surveyor

LOL!


241 posted on 11/17/2006 10:41:07 AM PST by FreedomProtector
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To: HAL9000

Did he ever cure Hawkeye?


242 posted on 11/17/2006 10:41:52 AM PST by YourAdHere (Democrats still stink.)
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To: FreedomProtector

http://www.freetochoose.net/

It's running again on PBS on Monday January 29, 2007.


243 posted on 11/17/2006 10:55:05 AM PST by eyespysomething
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To: eyespysomething
Thanks. Very Cool!

Of course I feel stupid now for not seeing that, but the joy overshadows it 8^).
244 posted on 11/17/2006 11:14:54 AM PST by FreedomProtector
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To: eyespysomething

Volume 6 is the one I really want to see. It's about using vouchers to educate American kids.


245 posted on 11/17/2006 11:24:08 AM PST by Temple Owl (Excelsior! Onward and upward.)
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To: FreedomProtector; Temple Owl

Sorry sorry sorry. It's not Free to Choose, it's The Power of Choice, Friedman's biography by the producer of the Free to Choose series.

So yes, you were correct in posting that we need to contact PBS about rerunning Free to Choose. I will right now!


246 posted on 11/17/2006 11:28:54 AM PST by eyespysomething
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To: eyespysomething; Temple Owl
Here is the email response I got:

Thank you for writing to PBS. We appreciate hearing from those interested in public television.

PBS values suggestions from our viewers. Unfortunately, our rights to FREE TO CHOOSE have expired and we therefore may not broadcast or sell this program. We apologize for the disappointment. You will be happy, however, to hear that PBS plans to distribute a program in late January called "The Power of Choice : The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman." Please be sure to check your local PBS station's listings to see when the program is airing in your area.

Thank you again for writing to PBS. We hope you continue to enjoy and support your local PBS station.
gotta love the canned "continue to enjoy and support" line....maybe I have a bad memory but I can't think of any other current PBS shows worth watching much less enjoying and supporting...suppose I should be grateful for one....
247 posted on 11/17/2006 2:06:47 PM PST by FreedomProtector
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To: FreedomProtector

"Free to Choose," the video series done by PBS, is one of the few things PBS has ever done that is worthwhile. Even today, nearly 30 years later, it's appropriate.

PBS should rerun the "Free to Choose" series in honor of Milton Friedman.
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I know this sounds corny...I never knew either of my grandfathers. But now I feel like my Grandfather just died.

I was an Economics major in college at the same time Milton Friedman was advising President Reagan. (of course, my Econometrics class computer study in the 80's resulted in a prediction that the US GDP would be 0 by 1996. I tried to tell Friedman and Reagan. But there was no such thing as e-mail at the time. Thankfully, it just turned out that my computer program was wrong and I had no idea what I was doing.) Somebody should make a posthumous gesture to rename "Reaganomics", give it the proper name it deserves "Friedmanomics". John Maynard Keynes was a socialist, and Friedman began his writing and his teachings in opposition before the Berlin Wall fell and before the USSR and Communism was proven to be a failed ideology once and for all.

He was a man ahead of his time. This shouldn't be a sad time. If we all had the impact of Milton Friedman and lived 93 years on this planet, our funeral should be a celebration.

Thanks for everything Mr. Friedman. Deepest condolensces to his family.


248 posted on 11/18/2006 12:28:30 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 ("A Moderate is an open-minded individual who needs to be persuaded and educated.")
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To: HAL9000
In case this wasn't posted, here is Leo Rosten's tribute to his friend Milton Friedman ("Fenwick").

AN INFURIATING MAN, by Leo Rosten

249 posted on 11/18/2006 1:42:53 PM PST by T'wit ("Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys"-PJ)
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To: Matchett-PI

The word 'progressive' has been used by Big Goverment advocates since the 19th century.


250 posted on 11/18/2006 3:25:44 PM PST by Borges
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To: FreedomProtector

Thanks.


251 posted on 11/18/2006 3:46:52 PM PST by lakey
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To: HAL9000

Laying a wreath and saying a prayer for a Great Man.


252 posted on 11/18/2006 10:13:09 PM PST by IslandJeff (FR mail me to be added to the Type I Diabetes ping list)
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