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Why Government Is the Problem (Essays in Public Policy)
by Milton Friedman
from Hoover Inst Pr
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
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Has There Ever Been a More Profound Hypocrisy... 
...than Milton Friedman, the guru of neoliberalism AKA neoconservatism, prating about why government actions are the problem? This is the original "Chicago Boy" - the same Milton Friedman whose disciples laid economic plans for the military dictatorships of Indonesia, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil; the same Friedman who waxed enthusiastic about the "reforms" imposed from the top by General Pinochet! The same Friedman, by the way, whose ideas of economic Shock and Awe GWB has tried to unload on Iraq along... more info
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Thought It Would Be More Like A Book 
Wasn't much too it for the price and postage.
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GOOD BRISK READ 
This essay is a really good way to stimulate theories and ideas, enabling the reader to conduct further research on his or her own.
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ARGUMENTS AGAINST STRENGHTENING GOVERNMENTS 
In this very short piece, Friedman tries to make a brief argument on why government is in fact the main obstacle to development. Given the very limited space (18 pages), it is impossible to make a very strong argument on such a broad topic. Friedman makes some good points, but most of them do not provide supporting evidence, so it leaves a hesitant reader unconvinced. It seems to me that this book is sufficient for good argument over cocktail conversation.
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