tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2015781402218713740..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Gary North Smashes Milton Friedman...Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17046175872130042802017-08-10T17:34:50.516-04:002017-08-10T17:34:50.516-04:00His fixed amount of annual inflation idea was one ...His fixed amount of annual inflation idea was one of the worst in American economic policy history, as well as his paper which was original in suggesting the "Wealth Effect" in his 1957 essay.<br /><br />He's brilliant, but North is essentially right.Austro-Punkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170272148725680161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-79966619226281817212017-08-10T12:53:31.445-04:002017-08-10T12:53:31.445-04:00Friedman was tolerated like Hayek was. They both c...Friedman was tolerated like Hayek was. They both could be found espousing smaller government but with certain caveats and compromises. Therefore, if a political propaganda apparatus was going to promote certain people as the intellectual representatives of a political counter movement, who better than those who were shown promoting at least some parts of the government as necessary? Friedman Brutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74297547062905044192017-08-10T12:43:38.462-04:002017-08-10T12:43:38.462-04:00"My oldest daughter complains that people can..."My oldest daughter complains that people can't tell when I'm joking."<br /><br />So? There's never any guarantee that someone gets a joke. Although, the chances of someone being offended is nearing 100% these days.Brutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-61388665545896440902017-08-10T10:52:29.643-04:002017-08-10T10:52:29.643-04:001. Yes but... there was multi-episode PBS special...1. Yes but... there was multi-episode PBS special promoting Friedman and his better ideas. Did they ever do that for Rothbard? <br /><br />2. My oldest daughter complains that people can't tell when I'm joking. Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.com