milton friedman 100th anniversary
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Short presentation at Milton Friedman Day in Mountain View, summer of 2012. Talk emphasizes the role of cooperation in market economies. Competition allows us to choose which people and firms to cooperate with.TRANSCRIPT
Freedom to CooperateGregory F. Rehmke
www.EconomicThinking.org • [email protected]
Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA
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Thursday, February 28, 13
Thursday, February 28, 13
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Thursday, February 28, 13
Competition and Cooperation
Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA
Thursday, February 28, 13
• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?
Competition and Cooperation
Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA
Thursday, February 28, 13
• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?
• Shouldn’t society emphasize cooperation?
Competition and Cooperation
Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA
Thursday, February 28, 13
• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?
• Shouldn’t society emphasize cooperation?
• The core value or core freedom of a market economy is cooperation.
Competition and Cooperation
Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA
Thursday, February 28, 13
• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?
• Shouldn’t society emphasize cooperation?
• The core value or core freedom of a market economy is cooperation.
• In a market economy we have the freedom to choose who we cooperate with: who we buy from, who we work for, who we associate with.
Competition and Cooperation
Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA
Thursday, February 28, 13
Competition and Cooperation
Thursday, February 28, 13
• In a free society, people choose who they wish to cooperate with.
Competition and Cooperation
Thursday, February 28, 13
• In a free society, people choose who they wish to cooperate with.
• But today, in the U.S. and around the world, that freedom is often illegal...
Competition and Cooperation
Thursday, February 28, 13
• In a free society, people choose who they wish to cooperate with.
• But today, in the U.S. and around the world, that freedom is often illegal...
• Regulation limits freedom to cooperate in: Transportation, Housing, Medical care, etc.
Competition and Cooperation
Thursday, February 28, 13
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Thursday, February 28, 13