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Youtube.comhttp://www.youtube.com/?v=6e5IA2w0xTM [Youtube.com] From MiltonF: Government planning and detailed control of economic activity lessens productive innovation, and consumer choice. Good, better, best, are replaced by "approved" or "authorized." Friedman shows how "established" industries or methods, seek government protection or subsidization in their attempts to stop or limit product improvements which they don't control. Friedman visits India, Japan and U.S. , tagged with Economics Milton Friedman Freedom Capitalism


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http://miltonfriedman.blogspot.com [Miltonfriedman.blogspot.com] "Free To Choose" TV Series by Milton Friedman: In 1976 he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His many books include Capitalism and Freedom (1962), Monetarist Economics (1991) and Two Lucky People: Memoirs (1998).

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