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Students face philosophical tug of war

with Diane Ravitchvia Contra Costa Times
Sunday, November 19, 2006

In ancient Greece, Socrates tested his students through conversations...

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'Free to lose' isn't good philosophy for the right wing

via Chicago Sun-Times
Sunday, November 19, 2006

If Milton Friedman had to die, then a week after the defeat of a Republican Congress that had apparently forgotten every lesson Friedman taught in Free To Choose is eerily apt timing...

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Milton Friedman, A Modern Galileo

via Real Clear Politics
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Milton Friedman, whose life I fondly commemorate with this article, was probably responsible for more human happiness and well-being than any other individual in the 20th century...

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Milton Friedman (1912-2006)

via Independent Institute
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Economist and former Newsweek columnist Henry Wallich has credited Milton Friedman with having “almost single-handedly” changed economic thinking on the subject of money...

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Economist changed the world

via Los Angeles Times
Friday, November 17, 2006

Milton Friedman, a brilliant champion of free-market economics and individual freedom who almost single-handedly altered the boundaries of public debate on an array of national issues, died Thursday in San Francisco...

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25 Years Later

with Milton Friedmanvia Wall Street Journal
Friday, November 17, 2006

It was entirely appropriate that as its keynote speaker to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1981 Reagan tax cut, the Heritage Foundation in Washington this week should assign the job to Art Laffer...

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Milton Friedman advanced freedom in his own unique way

via Globe and Mail (Canada)
Friday, November 17, 2006

In 1988, the United States honoured Milton Friedman with two awards -- the National Medal of Science and the Presidential Medal of Freedom...

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Capitalism and Friedman

via Wall Street Journal
Friday, November 17, 2006

There are some public figures whose obituaries can be written years in advance...

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Death of the Master

via Creators Syndicate
Friday, November 17, 2006

"And now this great master has left us...

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Secretary Condoleezza Rice on Passing of Milton Friedman

via United States Department of State
Friday, November 17, 2006

With the passing of Milton Friedman, a great Nobel Laureate in Economics, I have lost a great friend and the nation has lost a one-of-a kind leader and intellect...

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The Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict examines how knowledge of past military operations can influence contemporary public policy decisions concerning current conflicts.