Word: volunteerism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Friedman's controversial opinions range far beyond his evaluation of the Federal Reserve. He propagates them tirelessly in books, in classrooms, in testimony before congressional committees, in private chats with policymakers, and in a triweekly column for Newsweek. Last week he left his Vermont mountaintop retreat, where he customarily spends...
In the past, employers have hired law students for jobs during the summer after their second year on the basis of their first year grades. But this year the Law, School requested employers not to ask students for their grades, although it left the students free to volunteer the information...
Friedman, a professor at the University of Chicago, called the present conscription system unfair and alien to personal freedoms. "The volunteer army is feasible, always has been feasible, and should have been instituted yesterday," he said.
In place of a conscript army, Friedman advocates a professional service. "A free society is not endangered by a professional army," he said. "Military coups result more often from conscript armies than volunteer armies."
"A paid army is no more mercenary than teaching or a professional career if the individual makes the choice," he said. Friedman presently serves on a Presidential commission reviewing aspects of the volunteer service.