[GeorgefromGeorgia]

“”In our first free, independent elections in 1992, the government that was elected was headed by Mart Laar, who knew nothing about economics except that he read one book and that was by Milton Friedman,” Kasekamp says.”

God love Milton Friedman. His books are easy to read for a complex subject. It is about individual economic freedom.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

knew nothing about economics except that he read one book and that was by Milton Friedman

IOW, the man deserves a PhD in economics . . .

[ReleaseTheHounds]

The book that he read was “Free to Choose” — what a wonderful legacy Milton Friedman has. Nobody in American public life other than the presidents of the 20th Century did more to spread free market capitalism and improvement in the lives literally of billions than Milton Friedman.

[Alberta's Child]

There was a time back in the early 1990s when the oldest member of Estonia's government was something like 31 years old. I think that had a lot to do with the dramatic changes seen there.

Volvo has had a major presence in Estonia over the years. When the company began looking for places in eastern Europe to build new plants and take advantage of lower labor costs, they were pleasantly surprised to find that many Estonians were conversant in Swedish. I believe this was because Estonians had been listening to radio broadcasts out of Stockholm across the Baltic Sea over many years.