His political opinions had always been unpalatable to his colleagues. Even before he encountered Hayek and the Austrians, he had the reputation of an extreme libertarian (which is not exceedingly difficult to obtain in France, the only major country in which academic economists tend to be more statist than the rest of the population).
If there is one thing I am passionate about, it is passing on to the next generation the baton that Murray Rothbard a while ago passed on to me and my contemporaries.
There is no absolute monetary stability, never has been, and never can be. Economic life is a process of perpetual change.
On Sunday, December 10, General Augusto Pinochet of Chile died, at the age of 91.
Rothbard worked his entire life to shore up this ideological apparatus — in economic theory, historical studies, political ethics, cultural criticism, and movement organizing.
Here's the positive. Milton was a beacon of light on issues such as the minimum wage law, free trade, and rent control.
Milton Friedman died today at the age of 94. His passing is a milestone.
From the 2006 Supporters Summit: Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom, 27-28 October 2006, Auburn, Alabama.
October 14 is a date celebrated in Pennsylvania, but unfortunately not in other states.
Generally, radicals are dismissed by psycho-historians as people with Oedipal problems, people who, in their unresolved hostility to "the father," are lashing out at the State, or at contemporary institutions.
