{"id":21147,"date":"2024-10-11T09:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21147"},"modified":"2024-10-11T09:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:26:09","slug":"free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/10\/11\/free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With the Presidential election but four weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman&#8217;s ten-part\u00a0<em>Free to Choose\u00a0<\/em>each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The seventh episode: <em>Who Protects the Consumer<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EU_4vanP04I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Previous episodes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Free to Choose Friday (Part 1)\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/08\/30\/free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 1<\/a> &#8211; The Power of the Market<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free to Choose Friday (Part 2)\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/06\/free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 2<\/a> &#8211; The Tyranny of Control<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free to Choose Friday (Part 3)\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/13\/free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 3<\/a> &#8211; Anatomy of a Crisis<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free to Choose Friday (Part 4)\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/20\/free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 4<\/a> &#8211; From Cradle to Grave<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free to Choose Friday (Part 5)\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/27\/free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 5<\/a> &#8211; Created Equal<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free to Choose Friday (Part 6)\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/10\/04\/free-to-choose-friday-revisited-part-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 6<\/a> &#8211; What\u2019s Wrong With Our Schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/free-to-choose-milton-friedman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/free-to-choose-milton-friedman.jpg 459w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/free-to-choose-milton-friedman-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 7): Who Protects the Consumer\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"With the Presidential election but four weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman's ten-part\u00a0Free to Choose\u00a0each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/free-to-choose-milton-friedman.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With the Presidential election but four weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman&#8217;s ten-part\u00a0Free to Choose\u00a0each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The seventh episode: &hellip; 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