Comments on: Updated: Milton Friedman, RIP https://barelyablog.com/milton-friedman-rip/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Edward Brent https://barelyablog.com/milton-friedman-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:01:17 +0000 http://blog.ilanamercer.com/?p=328#comment-770 Milton Friedman was heroic in his contribution to the pursuit of life and liberty. The only thing I didn’t like about him is the only thing that Ayn Rand didn’t like about him, though I would prefer to be more tasteful than she: that Friedman felt that morality and economics should have nothing to do with eachother. That’s like advocating the legalization of drugs and having no opinion on whether or not it’s actually okay to use drugs. But without a code of ethics, freedom can actually be worse than government interference.

Nonetheless, he was a good man, who made a good influence, and he will be missed.

]]> By: Pam Maltzman https://barelyablog.com/milton-friedman-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:02:24 +0000 http://blog.ilanamercer.com/?p=328#comment-736 There is also the (possibly apocryphal) story that Milton Friedman regretted having created income tax withholding because Rose disapproved of it.

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