[Bitwhacker]

Speaking of the Hoover Institute at Stanford, did you happen to catch the PBS special they did on Milton Friedman???

Did you know that Thomas Sowell, who Rush calls the 'smartest man in America', was actually a student of Milton Friedman's at Stanford??? It was soo funny listening to Sowell, who bows to nobody intellectually, describe how Friedman used to white comments in the margins of his papers, one time saying that of the two possibilities presented in the paper (either A or B), there was a third: that the analysis may be wrong! So Sowell confronted Friedman and demanded to know where the flaw was in the analysis -- and Friedman tells him, 'I wasn't saying that your analysis was flawed, only that you said there were only two possibilites, and I wanted you to be open to the possibility that you may be wrong.' You could tell that Sowell was still in awe...;-))

Also in that special: video of J.K. Galbraith and his bloviating about wage and price controls being a 'necessity' -- and you could see instantly how the 70's got so screwed up...

[Bitwhacker]

Hmmmm...'white comments'??? As in 'write comments'??? If I were a cynical sort I would say that was Freudian, except that I don't think in that way...;-))

[Molly Pitcher]

You know I never got to see that whole Friedman special...just a small part. I should see if it's available.

So Friedman's impact on Sowell was profound. Not surprising...

As for Galbraith...OUCH!

He was the "biggie" in my h.s.(1966!!) econ class, and since I was influenced by my father, and had already read some Friedman, I was able to recognize Galbraith's distortions and flawed analysis..his anti-capitalism bias.

Not so confident of the rest of the muddle-headed students...:-(

Remember Buckley debating Galbraith??!!!

[lysie]

NYTimes Reviewer Complains about Friedman Documentary on PBS

[Molly Pitcher]

You mean this Friedman special was on just last night>>

I seem to remember an earlier program about him.

Well, then I'll check replay info on the 2 PBS stations we have in the area...