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...some predictions are well-worn, others are downright dubious. "Freedom and Fairness" is the most problematic. This is a country where dissidents disappear and where the legal system can be twisted. Yet China's brutally efficient machinery of repression and state capitalism is, in the Naisbitts' gushing parlance, "a new form of governance and development, never before seen in modern history." Really? Is an autocracy grimly determined to keep itself in power all that unique...
...awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton, who credited him with having saved more wilderness in the U.S. than any other living American. Always one to seize an opportunity, Ed, right after receiving the medal, turned around and began lobbying the President to save even more wilderness...
Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom...
Friedman was one of the most important economists during the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, he explains his approach to economic policy, which includes more emphasis on personal freedom and market mechanisms and less emphasis on centralized governmental solutions. This book is always one of the favorites of students in my freshman seminar. Both those who agree with it and those who don't appreciate Friedman's straightforward, logical prose...
...taking this opportunity to re-read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s classic book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? This was King's final book, written the year before his assassination, at a time of profound transition—not only for the black freedom struggle he helped to lead, but also for a nation still struggling to overcome the burdens of its complex history. This was King's deepest meditation on the intersecting crises of racism, poverty, and war, and it offers a prophetic roadmap for all of us who are still struggling to find...