Liberty
How Milton Friedman Can Save Us from Worsening Inflation
As we enter July of 2022, Americans all over the country will begin their July 4th preparations. They will soon be confronted once again with the harsh reality of elevated…
Free to Choose
non-fiction work by Milton Friedman
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Avoiding the Left’s ‘Antitrust Trap’
Robert Bork Jr. offers National Review Online readers a warning about rewriting federal antitrust law. When Daniel Oliver, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission under Ronald Reagan, comes out…
Education
Bad news, good news from the scholarly crowd
It’s somewhat disheartening to pick up The American Scholar, the publication of Phi Beta Kappa, and to read a somewhat clueless note about the election from editor Robert Wilson. As…
JLF to honor Milton Friedman July 29 by highlighting benefits of trade
RALEIGH — Free trade has been hammered on the presidential campaign trail this year, but the John Locke Foundation will tout free trade’s benefits on Friday, July 29. That’s the…
Liberty
If you really want an economy that “works for everyone”…
Statist intellectuals are constantly griping that America’s “free market” economy (which hasn’t been an accurate description for about a century) is unfair and doesn’t work for everyone.” Naturally, they’re eager…
Liberty
O’Rourke ponders the (im)possibility of a libertarian movement
P.J. O’Rourke‘s recent trip to a libertarian conference reminded him of the difficulty of convincing large numbers of people to rally around a libertarian cause. He explains in a Daily…
Liberty
Friedman on Government and the Energy Crisis of the 1970s
View in your browser. Weekly John Locke Foundation research division newsletter focusing on environmental issues. This newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks as well…
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National Review Online editors wish Milton Friedman a happy 100th birthday
The great economist Milton Friedman would have turned 100 today. The John Locke Foundation honors his memory with a special noon luncheon program. National Review Online also marks the occasion…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Borders highlights the role of free-market principles in boosting Estonia
Max Borders‘ latest Ideas Matter update features a discussion of the policies that fueld Estonia’s post-communist boom: An economy in ruins. The young prime minister was facing unbelievable odds. Mart…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Borders highlights Friedman’s arguments on freedom and coercion
In his latest Ideas Matter update, Max Borders highlights a video clip in which the late economist Milton Friedman picks apart a student’s faulty argument: Milton Friedman really does carefully…
Liberty
Borders cites Milton Friedman on unions
Max Borders‘ latest Ideas Matter update includes an item focusing on Milton Friedman‘s stance on unions: What would Milton Friedman have said about all this business in Wisconsin? Well, this…
Liberty
Learning from the Estonians
Max Borders explores in his Ideas Matter update the positive impact of Estonia‘s free-market economic reforms: When Estonia first tasted freedom from totalitarian rule in the early 1990s, a reluctant leader…