Unions and government both try to protect workers but it usually comes at the expense of other workers. Both end up restricting freedom. Milton Friedman explains how the competition of employers for the talents of workers leads to the highest wages and best working conditions. Today’s podcast is “Who Protects the Worker?” Listen now.
Episode 148 – The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 2, Part I (Podcast)
In today’s podcast, twenty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Richard Neustadt moderates a panel of four members of President John F. Kennedy’s executive committee–Robert S. McNamara, George W. Ball, McGeorge Bundy, and U. Alexis Johnson–as they reconvene to reflect on the lessons learned. Here is “The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 2, Part I.” Listen now.
Episode 147 – Free To Choose 1980 – Who Protects the Consumer? – Discussion (Podcast)
In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “Who Protects the Consumer?,” part of volume seven of the ten-part public television series “Free To Choose.” Listen now.
Episode 146 – Free To Choose 1980 – Who Protects the Consumer? (Podcast)
Various government agencies have been created on the claim that they will protect the consumer. These agencies restrict freedom, stifle innovation, and become agents for the industries or groups they are intended to regulate. Friedman explains how the free market and competition are the best protection for consumer interests. Today’s podcast is “Who Protects the Consumer?” Listen now.
Episode 145 – The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 1 (Podcast)
In today’s podcast, when President Kennedy was confronted by the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, he formed an executive committee to assist him in deciding on a course of action. Twenty years later, four members of that committee reflect on the lessons learned. Here is “The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 1.” Listen now.
Episode 144 – Free To Choose 1990 –The Failure of Socialism – Discussion (Podcast)
In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by guests Dr. Gordon Tullock of the University of Arizona and Dr. Henry Levin of Stanford University for an updated discussion of some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “The Failure of Socialism,” part of a 1990 update to the ten-part public television series “Free To Choose.” Listen now.
Episode 143 – Free To Choose 1980 – What’s Wrong With Our Schools? – Discussion (Podcast)
In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other distinguished guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “What’s Wrong With Our Schools,” part of volume six of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.
Episode 142 – Free To Choose 1980 – What’s Wrong With Our Schools? (Podcast)
Today’s podcast is “What’s Wrong With Our Schools,” volume six of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Parental choice in children’s education is consistent with a free society. Centralized government control has adversely affected quality of education. Milton Friedman advocates vouchers to solve the problem. Listen now.
Episode 141 – Africa’s Agricultural Crisis (Podcast)
In today’s podcast, the now late Dr. Norman Borlaug, Dr. Robert Chandler, Jr., and Dr. Nyle Brady, all of whom had devoted their professional lives to the task of feeding the hungry, identify the many causes of Africa’s current agricultural crisis. Here is “Africa’s Agricultural Crisis.” Listen now.
Corporate Welfare in The American Spectator
This American Spectator article explores the idea behind the FTCN documentary Corporate Welfare: Where’s the Outrage?