The Centre for Free Enterprise, based in Seoul, has just published a translation of Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose. It’s been almost 30 years since the book and TV series first made their way into living rooms in America, but after my recent re-reading of the book and a screening of the Chinese-subtitled version at [...]

Rose Friedman passed away this morning, August 18, 2009. I met many times with Milton Friedman, her husband and co-author of many books, I do not recall ever seeing Milton alone. Rose was always at his side. I can imagine how lonely she must have been during these months without Milton. The book which describes Rose’s [...]

Atlas’s Jude Blanchette reporting from the Yantze River Delta in China:

We’re two days into our first Guomin Liyi (Citizens Interest) summer seminar here in a typhoon-drenched Hangzhou. The skies are miserable, but the turnout, both in terms of students and speakers, is better than we anticipated. We have over 70 students from all over China, with [...]

Each year on July 31st, to commemorate and honor the life and work of Milton Friedman, organizations around the world celebrate Milton Friedman Day.  This year over 50 events are taking place in countries around the world, and nearly every state of the United States. You can see a fill list of events here.
What is [...]

As Iran and much of the Middle East is in a state of ferment, the ideas of freedom are being injected into the debate at an increasing rate.  Thanks to the staff of the Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace, and Prosperity, Iranians, Afghans, Arabs, and Kurds can now access the works of Frederic [...]

Here’s what’s going on around AGI this week:

Tom G. Palmer’s new book, Realizing Freedom, hit the shelves this week! Check it out and purchase it here.
Our Kurdish site, Chiraiazadi.org, is now on Facebook and Twitter.  Follow and friend us!
Cheragheazadi.org just released Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman, in Farsi.
There’s a must see article on [...]

This November 16th marks the second anniversary of the death of Milton Friedman. To honor him AtlasNetwork.TV dedicated this week to showcasing his gift of communicating free-market ideas through video.

Learn Milton Friedman’s thoughts on Greed
Milton Friedman Explains the Pencil
CNBC Milton Friedman Tribute
Part of his Free to Choose specials
And Friedman on the Power of Choice

As always, [...]

What would the late Milton Friedman have said about the current financial crisis? That’s the question that Peter Robinson discusses in this piece in Forbes magazine with his colleagues, Thomas MaCurdy and Jay Bhattacharya, at the Hoover Institution with which Milton was affiliated during the last three decades of his life. The discussion centers around [...]

At the LibertyIsForMe blog, I came across this IdeaChannel video pulling out Milton Friedman quotes to rebut statements by Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine.

Kudos also to the center-left publication The New Republic for Jonathan Chait´s devastating review of The Shock Doctrine. Klein has become such a celebrity on the Left, it´s nice to [...]

July 31st would have been Milton Friedman’s 96th birthday. Alex Chafuen and Leonard Liggio spoke at two of 50 events honoring Friedman.