To: HAL9000
Free to Choose came out during the Carter Years when inflation was double digit and so were the interest rates.
Unemployment went up. His program was the best thing on TV to explain how an economy really works.
I remember my wife watching him and turning to me to say "Why isn't this guy the President?" He could put it simply, with humor and clarity.
He just about killed Keynesian economics.
To: FlatLandBeer
My thoughts exactly. No liberal economist has really been able to rebut him. I'm not sure Paul Krugman could.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
75 posted on
11/16/2006 9:46:19 AM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: FlatLandBeer
Sadly, it appears that "We are all Keynsians" again.
79 posted on
11/16/2006 9:47:09 AM PST by
dfwgator
To: FlatLandBeer
He just about killed Keynesian economics.Actually it was the Keynesian's who killed Keynesian economics. They tried it and proved its worth (or lack thereof).
205 posted on
11/16/2006 4:15:45 PM PST by
reg45
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