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Great man who led a great and productive life. His PBS series based on his book "Free to Choose" was one of the politically formative events of my youth.
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Wow...I feel older now. When I first met the man who would become my husband, he insisted that I read "An Economist's Protest". I agreed if he would read selections from Karl Marx. Both of us were enriched, and Carl ended up taking several classes on Marx at UCLA. He's still pretty conservative-Friedman would be pleased-but we had some wonderful, spirited debates. I will always have a soft spot for Milton Friedman. May his memory be a blessing.
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Well, if you get to 94, you've led a pretty good life, methinks. If only the accomplishments of Friedman and other Rutgers grads of his ilk were as lauded in the press and by society as the accomplishments of our football team.
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It was always the very, very worst dregs of internet economic debate that would cite Friedman the most, often without even really understanding his positions as opposed to championing him as a patron saint of their own moonbat economics. It was such a shame, too, since he was really an incredibly brilliant man.