True; he was a genuine free marketeer

Not something that can be said about two of his more famous disciples, Thatcher and Reagan, who took a view along the lines of: "the free market is great for economies we wish to exploit; but hands off ours".

Posted By: BerlinCanary on November 16th 2006 at 19:45:50

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Milton Friedman dies (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Nov 16, 19:22:34
- Never did find him funny (Other Football) - Tomblander, Nov 16, 20:18:35
  - He was great in the Shawshank Redemption though (Other Football) - Iwan Husarmi, Nov 16, 20:49:29
- "And I for one will shed no tears ..." Why? idiot (Other Football) - ballsack, Nov 16, 20:03:19
  - With the greatest respect.. someone with the username calling someone an idiot aint gonna (Other Football) - The Editor of Milk, Nov 16, 20:10:31
    - * that username (n/m) (Other Football) - The Editor of Milk, Nov 16, 20:11:03
  - Which is exactly what BC said (Other Football) - Suggy, Nov 16, 20:10:12
    - Studied much economics or read much Friedman have you? (Other Football) - ballsack, Nov 16, 20:14:06
      - I doubt it. Suggy seems to have quite developed social skills. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 20:16:33
        
        chortle (n/m) (Other Football) - Tomblander, Nov 16, 20:17:09
        
        That's what we call in Dutch a "free header" (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 20:17:56
        
        An extrovert economist (Other Football) - Suggy, Nov 16, 20:19:08
        
        lol (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 20:20:47
      - Good for you (n/m) (Other Football) - Suggy, Nov 16, 20:16:04
- Died at the age of 94. Cause of death is not known. (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 19:34:45
- He wasn't all bad though... (Other Football) - The Editor of Milk, Nov 16, 19:33:35
  - True; he was a genuine free marketeer (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Nov 16, 19:45:50
    - A right winger but not one we would have signed (Other Football) - Coventry Canary, Nov 16, 21:39:19
      - He was a libertarian (Other Football) - ballsack, Nov 16, 21:47:10
  - there's no such thing as a free lunch...unless you get invited to his wake (n/m) (Other Football) - dear prudence, Nov 16, 19:35:30
    - There IS such a thing as a free lunch though.. (Other Football) - The Editor of Milk, Nov 16, 20:19:54
    - I learned all about him on th excellent bb4 doco Tory! Tory! Tory! (Other Football) - The Editor of Milk, Nov 16, 19:39:59

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