Word: miltonic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leave it to television to figure out how to give the dismal science some Hollywood glitter. Free to Choose, Nobel-prizewinning Economist Milton Friedman's current ten-part series on the Public Broadcasting Service, has turned economics into an eye-filling travelogue. As the sun slowly sets on beautiful Hong Kong harbor, the shirt-sleeved Friedman credits the crown colony's prosperity to the absence of government controls on business. In gaudy Las Vegas, Friedman expounds on the workings of the market system while standing next to a working roulette wheel. Later, thundering Niagara Falls represents Canada, where...
...program has also spawned a 16-mm film of the series at $6,200 and video cassettes at $4,800 for the economics student who might wish to see an instant replay of the causes for the Great Depression. There are also 15 video-taped lectures called "Milton Friedman Speaks" available at $500 a show or $7,000 for the lot. With the expected profits, Friedman should be able to pay for a return trip to all those beautiful places in the series...
Thatcher's No. 1 priority is beating inflation. A close follower of the monetarist theories of Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, Thatcher has tightened money and cut government spending. The growth in money supply has been curbed, and interest rates have risen to alltime peaks. Mortgages now cost 15% and a car loan...
...Free to Choose, Milton & Rose Friedman...
...teach anything except how to smoke a joint and rock dancing." But before he leaves, someone asks him about how to convince others to jump aboard the LaRouche bandwagon. In a moment of weakness, LaRouches tells of his campaign trail frustrations. "You talk to people, and they say that Milton Friedman would disagree. What you've got to do is remove the influence of Milton Friedman. Milton Friedman is a Nazi...