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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Katelew who wrote (215460)1/29/2007 4:38:50 PM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
“What most people really object to when they object to a free market is that it is so hard for them to shape it to their own will. The market gives people what the people want instead of what other people think they ought to want. At the bottom of many criticisms of the market economy is really a lack of belief in freedom itself.“

Pure free market doesnt really exist but i think what milton means is the freer is better than a political class making decisions for the people. That ultimatley proved to be the undoing of the great society.
I dont think at any point in that quote that friedman is arguing against any and all criticisms of a free market economy. He is not a disciple of Rand.

PS while i was at the University of Chicago my roomate who was an italian-american and a great cook and and eco PhD student, invited Milton over for a great italian meal. There was nothing pretentious about the man. He was good people. You would have liked him.
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