July 2010
The Friedman Birthday Celebration: Success!
On Friday, lovers of liberty around the nation gathered to celebrate the legacy of Milton Friedman, a hero of free market ideology. July 31st would have been Friedman’s 98th birthday, and the Grassrooot Institute of Hawaii was one of many organizations to celebrate this great pioneer of ideas we seek to honor.
Milton Friedman, a long time professor of economics at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 1976. He received this mainstream recognition even while advocating free market ideas. He supported limited governments, free exchange, and school choice.
In case you missed the event, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz joined the celebration and encouraged the audience that the legacy of Friedman is not dead and that it is certainly no use ignoring the troubling political condition of the nation. Mr. Cruz also commented on the continual loss of liberty under the Obama administration while spending time on the fact that America is facing policy that is moving the auto industry and financial sector toward nationalization, coupled with a significant rise in deficit spending and government involvement in the health care sector. Yet as Ted Cruz reminded us, interventionist policies do provide one positive result: the greater the infringement on liberty, the easier it is for the American people to realize that real reform is needed and individual freedom must be restored. The principles that Milton Friedman taught are simple and can be easily communicated to the common man. It is up to us, like Friedman, to take the time to explain why free markets and limited government is the best option for everyone in society.
Now, for some pictures (The entire photo set can be viewed here):
Milton Friedman, a long time professor of economics at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 1976. He received this mainstream recognition even while advocating free market ideas. He supported limited governments, free exchange, and school choice.
In case you missed the event, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz joined the celebration and encouraged the audience that the legacy of Friedman is not dead and that it is certainly no use ignoring the troubling political condition of the nation. Mr. Cruz also commented on the continual loss of liberty under the Obama administration while spending time on the fact that America is facing policy that is moving the auto industry and financial sector toward nationalization, coupled with a significant rise in deficit spending and government involvement in the health care sector. Yet as Ted Cruz reminded us, interventionist policies do provide one positive result: the greater the infringement on liberty, the easier it is for the American people to realize that real reform is needed and individual freedom must be restored. The principles that Milton Friedman taught are simple and can be easily communicated to the common man. It is up to us, like Friedman, to take the time to explain why free markets and limited government is the best option for everyone in society.
Now, for some pictures (The entire photo set can be viewed here):
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