Friedman (Milton) papers

box 188, folder 8-9

Clippings and other items 1983-2006

Scope and Contents note

Also includes correspondence regarding publishing and academics in China.

box 188, folder 10-13

Correspondence, A-R 1975-1998

box 189, folder 1-2

Correspondence, S-Z 1975-1982

China, People's Republic of

box 189, folder 3-5

Current correspondence, A-Z 1991-2001

box 189, folder 6-9

Correspondence, A-S 1979-1989

box 190, folder 1-2

Correspondence, T-Z 1980-1989

box 190, folder 3

Official report to the CSCPRC and trip diary 1980

box 190, folder 4-5

Materials, memorabilia, reports 1980

box 190, folder 6

Taiwan 1978-1981

box 190, folder 7

Computer (home) 1983-1992

box 190, folder 8

Croatian Appeal for Peace 1991-1993

box 190, folder 9

Cuba 1990-2002

box 190, folder 10

Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic (Vàclav Klaus) 1990-2002

box 190, folder 11

College debate topic 1970-1971

box 191, folder 1

Collegiate Division of the Social Sciences, governing body (University of Chicago) 1967-1968

box 191, folder 2

Commission on All-Volunteer Armed Force 1969-1973

box 191, folder 3

Commission on Money and Credit (Bertrand Fox) 1959-1960

box 191, folder 4

Committee on the proposed Reagan Center for Public Affairs 1986-1994

box 191, folder 5

Deposit insurance 1986-1994

box 191, folder 6-7

Dutch auction 1959-1991

Drug legalization 1989-2001

box 191, folder 8-11

A-Ck

box 192, folder 1-6

Cu-McK

box 193, folder 1-6

McN-Z

box 194, folder 1-2

Earhart Foundation (Richard A. Ware, Secretary) 1966-1991

box 194, folder 3

Econometrica 1966-1968

box 194, folder 4-6

Economics, Department of (University of Chicago), A-Z 1946-1976, (bulk 1967-1972)

box 194, folder 7

Estate (death) tax 2001

box 194, folder 8

Federal Reserve Board and System 1984-1997

Federal Reserve Board and System correspondence 1965-1990

box 194, folder 9-12

A-K

box 195, folder 1-8

L-Z

box 195, folder 9

Frasier Institute Freedom Project proposal and letters in support of funding 1989-1991

box 195, folder 10

Ford Foundation 1960-1981

box 195, folder 11

Friedman Fund, contributors to the Economics Department 1975-1977

box 196, folder 1

Friedman memoranda 1970

box 196, folder 2

Gold (current) 1982-2005

box 196, folder 3-7

Gold, A-Z 1967-1981

box 196, folder 8

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (Dr. H. A. Moe)

box 196, folder 9

The Hudson Institute (Herman Kahn) 1962-1973

box 196, folder 10

Hong Kong University search for Economics Department Chair 2004

box 196, folder 11

Human Capital Project 1990

box 196, folder 12

Inflation 1970-1983

box 196, folder 13

Inflation, conference on 1974

box 196, folder 14

Ingersol Foundation 1960-1968

box 196, folder 15

Instructional Dynamics, Inc. (IDI) 1971-1972

box 197, folder 1

Israel 1977-1980

box 197, folder 2-3

Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress, and Friends of 1983-2006

box 197, folder 4

Japan, First Class Order of the Sacred Treasure 1986

box 197, folder 5-6

Japan, Bank of 1982-2002

box 197, folder 7

Liberty Fund 1974-1997

box 197, folder 8

Lilly Endowment Inc. correspondence and annual reports 1964-1978

box 198, folder 1-2

Lilly Foundation, Free Enterprise Committee 1962-1964

Medical care 1967-2006

box 198, folder 3-7

A-J

box 199, folder 1-6

K-Z

box 199, folder 7

Mexico 1976-1985

box 199, folder 8

Money and Banking Workshop correspondence 1967-1973

box 199, folder 9

Money and Banking Workshop participants and schedules 1966, 1976

box 199, folder 10

Money and Economic Development correspondence 1972-1974

box 199, folder 11

Money, Credit, and Capital Formation Committee of the National Association of Manufacturing 1964

box 200, folder 1

The Margin 1986-1993

box 200, folder 2

Medal of Freedom 1988

box 200, folder 3

Marietta College (Ohio) 1982-1995

box 200, folder 4-7

Mont Pélerin Society (current) 1978-2006

box 200, folder 8-10

Mont Pélerin Society, A-Z 1970-1986

National Academy of Sciences 1973-2005

box 200, folder 11-13

A-P

box 201, folder 1

Q-Z

box 201, folder 2

National Bureau of Economic Research 1968-1979

box 201, folder 3

National Bureau of Economic Research, administrative 1958

box 201, folder 4

National Medal of Science 1988

box 201, folder 5

Negative income tax (current) 1994-2006

box 201, folder 6-10

Negative income tax, A-Z 1965-2004 (bulk 1966-1970)

box 201, folder 11

New Individualist Review 1961-1962

box 202, folder 1-2

Nixon 1968

box 202, folder 3-4

Nobel Prize lecture "Inflation and Unemployment," drafts and correspondence regarding drafts 1976

box 202, folder 5-6

Nobel Prize correspondence 1976-1977

box 202, folder 7

"Nobel vs. Nobel Regarding Chile," letters in the New York Times 1977

box 202, folder 8

O.D.E.(Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society) State University New York, Stonybrook, Egon Neuberger 1967-1971

box 203, folder 1

Pacific Institute dinner 1983

box 203, folder 2-5

Philadelphia Society, The 1965-1987, 1994-2004

box 203, folder 6-7

Poland 1983-2002

box 203, folder 8

Political Economy conference 1957

Scope and Contents note

Includes photograph.

box 203, folder 9

President's Commission on White House Fellows 1971-1976

box 203, folder 10-11

President's Economic Policy Advisory Board 1981-1988

box 204, folder 1

Principles of Freedom Project 1961-1962

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence regarding the privatization of social security.

box 204, folder 2-3

Principles of Freedom, J. Van Sickle, R. S. Knowles 1964-1970

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence regarding the privatization of social security.

box 204, folder 4

Prockes (stuffed cabbage recipe) undated

box 204, folder 5

Reagan, Ronald, Presidential Foundation 1985-1986

box 204, folder 6

Reagan, Ronald, Economic Policy Coordinating Committee 1980 September-November

box 204, folder 7

Relm Fund, The (Richard A. Ware) 1960-1969

box 204, folder 8

Republican Congressional Policy Advisory Board 1997-1998

box 204, folder 9

Rockefeller Foundation 1967

box 204, folder 10

Romania 1990-1992

box 204, folder 11

Rutgers University 1968-2000

box 204, folder 12

"Social Responsibility of Business," 1994-2006

box 204, folder 13-14

"Social Conscience for Business," 1970-1984

box 204, folder 15-16

Social Security (current) 1993-2006

box 205, folder 1-4

Social Security, A-Z 1967-1988

box 205, folder 5

South Africa, regarding divestment 1985-1986

box 205, folder 6

Soviet Jewry 1964-1968

box 205, folder 7

Soviet Union 1998-2000

box 205, folder 8

SST (supersonic transport) 1970-1973

box 205, folder 9

Statistical Research Group circa 1980

box 205, folder 10

Statistics at the University of Wisconsin undated

box 205, folder 11

Stigler Professorship, University of Chicago 1993-1994

box 206, folder 1

Swindon Enterprise (unauthorized advertisement using Friedman's name) 1982

box 206, folder 2

Tax Limitation 1992-2005

Tax Limitation 1973-1990

box 206, folder 3-7

A-H

box 207, folder 1-7

I-Z

box 208, folder 1

Tax Limitation brochures 1973-1985

box 208, folder 2

Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association of America (TIAA-CREF) 1965-1979

box 208, folder 3

Theses correspondence 1966-1974

box 208, folder 4-5

Trip diaries and itineraries 1952-1993

box 208, folder 6

Templeton honor rolls 1995-1997

box 208, folder 7

Unauthorized use of name 1996

box 208, folder 8

University - General 1960-1982

box 208, folder 9

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 1996

box 209, folder 1

University College Buckingham 1975-1979

box 209, folder 2

University of Chicago PhD Committee 1949-1952

box 209, folder 3

University Center in Virginia, Inc. 1960, 1967

box 209, folder 4-11

Volunteer armed force and draft 1966-2003 (bulk 1966-1973)

Voucher plan, schooling 1968-2005

box 210, folder 1-4

A-B 1969-2005

box 210, folder 5

Bonsteel, Alan 1993-2003

box 210, folder 6

Ca-Ce 1969-2003

box 211, folder 1-7

Ch-H 1972-2005

box 212, folder 1-3

H-L 1971-2005

box 212, folder 4

Liberman, Myron 1982-2006

box 212, folder 5

Lytle, Robert J. 1973-1995

box 213, folder 1-2

M 1969-2004

box 213, folder 3

Merrifield, John 1996-2006

box 213, folder 4-8

N-Sc 1972-2005

box 214, folder 1-2

Se-Sz 1980-2005

box 214, folder 3

Schumann, David K. and Kathleen O'Connell-Sundarum 1994-1995

box 214, folder 4-8

T-Z 1968-2005

box 215, folder 1

EFI (Educational Freedom Initiative), letter and sent list 1995-1996

box 215, folder 2

California Prop 174 materials 1994-1996

box 215, folder 3-5

Webster, Marjorie Junior College 1969-1986

box 215, folder 6

Western Economic Association 1982-1996

box 215, folder 7

Windfall profits tax counterfeit mailgram 1979

box 215, folder 8

Who's Who in America 1983-1992

Incremental Speeches and Writings 1935-2006

Scope and Contents note

Published and unpublished writings, speeches, notes, and other materials on a variety of political, economic, and social topics. Includes book reviews and cassettes of speeches.

Unpublished talks and lectures 1935-2006

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes.

box 216, folder 1-14

1935-1971

box 217, folder 1-13

1972-2006

box 218, folder 1-11

Book reviews, A-Z

Permission to translate

box 219, folder 1-7

A-Z 1961-2006

box 219, folder 8-10

A-Z 1964-1983

box 220, folder 1

Aldine Publishing Company 1963-1976

box 220, folder 2

Cambridge Economic Handbook 1955-1962

box 220, folder 3-6

Capitalism and Freedom 1964-2006

box 220, folder 7

"Capitalism and the Jews," 1971-1984

box 220, folder 8

CBS commentaries 1975-1976

box 220, folder 9

Committee for Economic Development, "The Most Important Problem to be Faced by the United States in the Next Twenty Years," 1957

box 221, folder 1

"Do Old Fallacies Ever Die?," 1992-1993

box 221, folder 2

Dollars and Deficits, 1964-1975

box 221, folder 3

An Economist's Protest, 1972-1984

Free to Choose correspondence 1978-2006 (bulk 1980-1985)

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Book

box 221, folder 4-9

A-K

box 222, folder 1-9

L-Z

box 222, folder 10

Reviews 1980

Television series

box 223, folder 1

Reviews 1980

box 223, folder 2-9

A-F

box 224, folder 1-7

G-M

box 225, folder 1-8

N-V

box 226, folder 1-4

W-Z

box 226, folder 5

Party 1997

box 226, folder 6

Friedman in China preface 1990

box 226, folder 7-8

Friedman, Milton at the University of Wisconsin 1940-1941

box 226, folder 9

Hoarding correspondence with Moses (Moe) Abramowitz undated

box 226, folder 10

Income from Independent Professional Practice undated

box 226, folder 11

"In Defense of Destabilizing Speculation," circa 1954

box 226, folder 12

India 1955-1956

box 227, folder 1-2

Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 1967-1996

box 227, folder 3

Journal of Political Economy 1957-1994

Meet the Press

box 227, folder 4

1970 June 28

box 227, folder 5

1976 October 24

box 227, folder 6

1978 November 12

box 227, folder 7

1982 March 21

box 227, folder 8-9

Money Mischief 1991-2000

Newsweek columns

box 228, folder 1-2

Editorial correspondence

box 228, folder 3-4

General correspondence

Reader reaction correspondence

box 228, folder 5-16

1966-1969

box 229, folder 1-25

1970-1974 June

box 230, folder 1-23

1974 September-1977

box 231, folder 1-18

1978-1983

box 232, folder 1

Playboy interview 1973

box 232, folder 2

The Power of Choice 2004

Scope and Contents note

Video production based on Two Lucky People.

box 232, folder 3-4

Press, University of Chicago 1954-2002

box 232, folder 5

Radio and television, University of Chicago 1966-1967

box 232, folder 6

"Reduction of Fluctuations in the Incomes of Primary Producers," 1953-1954

box 232, folder 7

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1935-1937

box 232, folder 8

"Savings and the Balance Sheet," 1954-1957

box 232, folder 9

Schuman Plan 1950-1953

box 232, folder 10

Science article 1980 October 3

box 232, folder 11

Statistical Research Group, Columbia University 1943-1945

box 232, folder 12-13

Theory of the Consumption Function, 1951-1956

box 233, folder 1

There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, 1976-1977

box 233, folder 2

Turner column, New York Times 1977 December

box 233, folder 3-9

Two Lucky People (memoirs) 1991-1998

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, notes, and reviews.

Tyranny of the Status Quo

box 234, folder 1-2

Book 1982-1984

box 234, folder 3-10

Television program transcripts circa 1984

box 234, folder 11

"What All Is Utility?," 1955

box 234, folder 12-14

Wall Street Journal 1968-2003

Incremental Sound Recordings 1966-1999

Scope and Contents note

Original recordings will not be served. Use the provided copy reference numbers to listen to recordings in the Archives reading room. Some recordings also available online at miltonfriedman.hoover.org .

Sound cassettes of speeches, interviews, and travel.

Milton Friedman Speaks 1977-1978

Physical Description: 35.0 sound_cassettes

Scope and Contents note

Sound recordings of the original lectures upon which the series (consisting of 15 videotaped lectures) is based.

box 234, folder 15

Brochure 1980

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"Who Protects the Consumer?," lecture delivered at Pfizer Corporation, New York 1977 September 12

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Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

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Summary from brochure: Consumer legislation doesn't in the end protect the consumer; rather, it benefits the consumer advocates, including reformers, special interest groups, and regulatory agencies. What does protect the consumer? Alternative sources of supply at variable prices are the inevitable result of international competition--free trade.

"Let me emphasize: Competition does not protect the consumer because businessmen are more soft hearted than bureaucrats or because they are more altruistic or because they are more generous, but only because it is in the self-interest of the entrepreneur to protect the consumer."

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"Putting Learning Back in the Classroom," lecture delivered at a meeting of Harlem Parents for Vouchers, New York City 1977 September 15

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Summary from brochure: The quality of public education in America today in many places is deplorable. Dr. Friedman identifies (1) the increasing centralization and bureaucratization of the educational establishment, which inhibits educators from seeing and responding to the needs of their "consumers"--parents and students; (2) our altered view of the relationship between the individual and society--the shift from seeing the individual as responsible for oneself to seeing the individual as someone controlled by social forces. An obvious solution is to give power back to the parents. The voucher system is an especially effective means of exercising that power; it can foster competition among public and private institutions and incite them to offer us a better quality educational "product."

"In the nineteenth century, the schools, even in crowded cities and in urban cities, might not have been affluent, they might not have had the best facilities, but they had an atmosphere in which the individual was made responsible for his own development and learning... In the twentieth century, the concept has been that the schools are an expression of society's values and interests which should be imposed upon the child."

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"Is Capitalism Humane?," lecture delivered at Cornell University 1977 September 27

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Physical Description: 3.0 sound_cassettes

Scope and Contents note

Summary from brochure: The question is irrelevant. Capitalism per se is not humane or inhumane. Nor is socialism. If we compare the two in terms of results, it is clear that only capitalism fosters equality and works toward social justice. The one is based on the principle of voluntary cooperation and free exchange, the other on force of position and power. In a free economy, it is hard to do good--you either have to use your own hard-earned money to do it or work hard to persuade others to your course. But by the same token, it is difficult to do harm because by preventing a concentration of power, capitalism prevents people from committing sustained, serious harm. Is capitalism humane or inhumane? It is neither. But it tends to give free rein to the human values of human beings.

"Capitalism has repelled people, it has driven them away from supporting it, because they have thought it emphasized self-interest in a narrow way. They were repelled by the idea of people pursuing their own interests rather than some broader interests. Yet it is clear that the results go the other way around. Only those countries in which capitalism has prevailed over long periods have experienced both freedom and prosperity."

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"Who Protects the Worker?," lecture delivered before a live studio audience at WQLN-TV, Erie, Pennsylvania 1977 September 29

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Unions offer protection to workers in some situations, but union membership represents only one fifth of the American labor force. And while some unions do benefit their members, it is generally at the expense of competing works and frequently at the expense of the consumer. Government? Government provides some protection, but its efforts are minor. Some workers with only one possible employer--or with no possible employer--enjoy very little protection. The right answer to the question "Who protects the worker?" is that the worker is protected by employers--by the existence of other employers who can and will compete for his or her services if a present employer fails to provide decent wages and working conditions. The only real way to protect the standard of living of the American worker is to preserve a freely competitive market.

"Workers are protected by employers. Not by [their] own employer[s], because the man who has only one possible employer has no protection. The employers who protect the worker are the people who would like to hire him but for whom he doesn't work. The real protection that a worker gets is the existence of more than one possible employer."

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"What Is America?," lecture delivered at the University of Chicago 1977 October 3

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Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

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Summary from brochure: Is America still the land of opportunity, or is it a land worn thin, showing much bureaucracy and less freedom? Dr. Friedman's view of America's present situation is not sanguine. He identifies the chief problem and its corollary solution: We must restore the prestige and influence of the single mechanism most responsible for America's greatness--the free market. Our greatest defense against becoming over-governed is the free market.

"I believe very deeply that we are nearing the point of no return. We still have the choice, but if we continue much longer along the road that we have been going we no longer shall have the choice. We shall degenerate into a society which will lose that spark of creativity, that spark of independence, of freedom, that we have all loved in our country."

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"Myths That Conceal Reality," lecture delivered at Utah State University 1977 October 13

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Physical Description: 4.0 sound_cassettes

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Summary from brochure: Five myths cloud our perception of both the past and the present. (1) The "robber baron" myth which holds that in late nineteenth-century America there were powerful men who became rich at the expense of the poor. The reality is that they became wealthy by being productive, and that there is no other period in history which saw such a rapid and widespread improvement in the well-being of the average individual. (2) The myth that the Great Depression was caused by a failure of business. It was, in fact, produced by the Federal Reserve System. (3) The myth that government in the economy has expanded in response to public demand. Actually, the pubic has had to be sold "hard" for politicians to enact every major social program. (4) The "free lunch" myth. No matter how the government raises money--by taxing individuals, by taxing businesses, or by printing more money--it is the individual who pays. (5) The myth that government, like Robin Hood, transfers wealth from the rich to the poor. The reality is that the government usually transfers wealth and income from both the very rich and the very poor to those in the middle.

"The Great Depression was produced... by a failure of government, by a failure of monetary policy. It was produced by a failure of the Federal Reserve System to act in accordance with the intentions of those who established it. It was produced by a failure of the Federal Reserve System despite the presence of knowledge on the part of many of the people in the System about the right course of action."

An unrelated program is also on the third original cassette.

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"Money and Inflation," lecture delivered under the auspices of the University of San Diego and the San Diego Chamber of Commerce 1977 November 7

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Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

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Summary from brochure: Inflation is blamed on many things. But it has only one cause: It is a monetary phenomenon. Inflation occurs when the quantity of money increases faster than the quantity of goods. Why does the money supply increase? Very often, it does so to enable the government to pay its bills without raising taxes. There's only one real cure for inflation. It is a cure that's easy to describe but difficult to apply: The government must reduce spending and print less money. The alternatives are both recession and double-digit inflation.

"Printing money is a very attractive device because inflation, from the point of view of a person sitting in Congress or in the Senate, is a wonderful tax. He doesn't have to vote for it. Have you ever known a congressman who got up and said, 'I vote to impose a tax in the form of inflation of 10 percent next year'?"

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"Is Tax Reform Possible?," lecture delivered before a meeting of the Americanism Education League, Pasadena, California 1978 February 6

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Physical Description: 3.0 sound_cassettes

Scope and Contents note

Summary from brochure: Why do Americans pay more in taxes than they really want to? Can they do anything about it? Americans must understand that their true tax burden is what the government spends--regardless of who that spending is financed--and that if government spending goes up faster than prices in general, the real tax burden increases. Simplifying the system is far from easy, but the real defect is not in the tax system, anyway, but in the budget structure. Our only hope for tax reduction is in establishing constitutional provisions that will set limits on government spending.

"In no way is anybody proposing to cut taxes because President Carter has proposed an increase in federal government spending, an increase which is larger than the anticipated increase in prices; so it's an increase in real terms and indeed a larger increase than that which appears in his official budget because of the continued use and invention of more and more sophisticated methods to conceal actual spending, the latest gimmick being to treat subsidies given by the government as refunds of taxes collected from somebody else."

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"The Role of Government in a Free Society," lecture delivered at Stanford University 1978 February 9

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Summary from brochure: John Stuart Mill said, in effect, that self-protection is the only legitimate reason for people to interfere with the freedom of others. If we are to define the role of government in a free society, we must first specify what we mean by self-protection. Defense from foreign enemies and protection of property, including the enforcement of private contracts, are clearly legitimate functions of government. But when we come to two other functions of government--providing a substitute for voluntary cooperation when it appears impossible to achieve, and providing for irresponsible individuals--the justification is much less clear-cut, because in a free society people should be able to take risks but should not be able to force others to pay the consequences. If the proper limitations of government action were observed, the government would not do many things it now does. We should not resort to government regulation until we have adequately explored the possibilities for coordinating our activities through voluntary means. If we understood the implications of our own values, we would not allow ourselves to be "front men" for values we oppose merely because we are confused about the meaning of freedom and the legitimate role of government in a free society.

"You and I as well-meaning people may say that government should step in to correct this or that market failure, but once we get the government into the act it's going to go according to its own rules, and those rules will mean that the ultimate results are very different than the initial intent. The will will be different than the deed. When the government steps in and make mistakes and has failures, they're going to be big failures and not little ones."

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"The Energy Crisis: A Humane Solution," lecture delivered at the Bank of America, San Francisco, California 1978 February 10

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Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

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Summary from brochure: It's pointless to try to predict the availability of adequate sources of energy. What we need is an adjustable mechanism to enable us to adapt to whatever happens. We already have such a mechanism: The market helps us make transitions to the future--just as it has done in the past--if it is allowed to operate freely. Our present energy crisis exists because this crucial mechanism has not been allowed to function freely. Our prospects will be much improved if we can devise means to abolish--or at least work around--the government controls that interfere with the production and distribution and use of energy.

"We tend to forget that the price and wage control measures of 1971 bear a great deal of responsibility for our present oil problem. They have been eliminated on every other product but not on oil. The retention of price controls on oil has discouraged production, encouraged consumption, increased the fraction of our energy that comes from abroad, and established new vested interests in the maintenance of controls."

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"The Future of Our Free Society," lecture delivered before a meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers/National Industrial Council, Congress of American Industry, Washington, D.C. 1978 February 21

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Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

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We live under a form of slavery--government domination of the market economy. We have come a long way from a truly free economy: consider the number of markets to which new firms do not have free access; consider the erosion of expression for business people; consider the plethora of government regulations American business must contend with. Can these trends be reversed? It is harder to repeal laws than pass them. Private business is unfortunately short-sighted when it turns to politics. But count among the favorable signs the very inefficiency of government--and the American public's growing recognition of this fact. Business qua business can do relatively little to reverse this trend (though it can at least become more sophisticated and farsighted in political planning), but business people as individuals, as citizens, must seek to persuade the public that we are already on the road to a collectivist state, that if we continue it, we will lose prosperity and liberty.

"If we continue the trend to a collectivist economy, continue the trend to a society controlled by government, we shall lose not only our economic advantages but also our political freedom. We cannot continue half slave and half free, and if we continue in the direction of slavery we shall end up as a collectivist totalitarian society."

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"What Is Wrong with the Welfare State?," lecture delivered at the University of Rochester 1978 February 23

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Physical Description: 4.0 sound_cassettes

Scope and Contents note

Friedman examines how the welfare state, though under "noble objectives," is not sustainable. He focuses not just on the United States since the New Deal, but taking the countries of Europe and New York City's city government into consideration as well.

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"Free Trade: Producer vs. Consumer," lecture delivered at the Alfred M. Landon Lecture at Kansas State University 1978 April 27

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Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

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Summary from brochure: If free trade is good, why is protectionism so popular? Part of the answer lies in a simple political principle--interests that are concentrated (those of the producer) are more politically effective than interests that are diffuse (those of the consumer). Protectionism does not create jobs or move goods; rather, it forces us to expend greater effort to get the goods we produce, since they cost more to produce at home than abroad. The balance of payments can take care of itself, provided we do not manipulate foreign exchange markets to put an artificial value on the dollar. The right solution is to dismantle systematically our own trade barriers and set an example for the rest of the world.

"The people who are harmed by [trade] protection are spread and diffused. Indeed the very language shows the political pressure. We call a tariff a protective measure. It does protect; it protects the consumer very well against one thing. It protects the consumer against low prices. And yet we call it protection."

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"Equality and Freedom in the Free Enterprise System," lecture delivered under the sponsorship of NASA at the College of William and Mary, Newport News Campus 1978 May 1

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Summary of brochure: If the government has the power and responsibility to promote equality of income, then how do we define the concept of equality? Jefferson, in his Declaration of Independence, meant equality before the law, a concept necessary precisely because people are not equal in tastes, values, or capacities. Later, equality came to mean equality of opportunity--the chance to run a fair race. Within a free market system, both definitions are consistent with other values: Efficiency, justice, and liberty. More recently, equality has come to mean equality of outcome. Equality of outcome cannot be mandated, cannot be insured. Any serious attempt to achieve it would destroy freedom.

"Any society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. On the other hand, a society that puts freedom first will, as a happy byproduct, end up with both greater freedom and greater equality."

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"The Economics of Medical Care," lecture delivered at the Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 1978 May 19

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Summary from brochure: Increasing government involvement in medical care will take us toward fully socialized medicine. This trend is clearly against the interests of patients, physicians, and other health care personnel. There is of course no such thing as free health care--you either pay for it directly, or via the tax system, with bureaucrats taking their usual cut along the way. The reality of the situation is that government involvement in the economics of medical care leads directly to higher costs for that care. There is no special role for government in medical care. Government should do there only what it does in other fields--enforce laws against fraud and deception, and offer some assistance (comparable to flood or tornado relief) to those in extreme medical distress.

"The major reason for the rise in the cost per day of hospital care is not a rise in prices in excess of inflation--not at all. The major reason is an increase in the number, variety, and complexity of the procedures that are being used, tests that are being made, services that are being rendered to the American citizen."

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"The Future of Our Free Society: A Conversation with Milton Friedman," 1978 February 21

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Conducted at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research "Conversation Series."

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Philadelphia Society - 30th National Saturday Luncheon 1994 April 23

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Milton Friedman addresses the Philadelphia Society on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. He comments on the progress of its ideals over the time. He says they have won in the realm of ideals but lost in the realm of policy. After this, officers of the society and others comment on the work of the society.

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Milton Friedman interview by John Callaway on Nightline, WBBM Radio 1966 January 30

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This is the portion of the interview conducted between 8:30 and the ten o'clock news. The second segment, with listeners' comments and questions, was on a second tape which WBBM has apparently not been able to locate. This tape is not broadcast quality; it was intended for transcription use only.

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"Nixon's New Controls: A TeleSession with 12 Leading Economists," circa 1971

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Over a telephone conference call, various economists weigh in on domestic and international economic policy.

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"A Simple Idea Whose Time Has Come: Tax Limitation," interview for the Manion Forum broadcast 1973 October 28

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Milton Friedman speaks about tax limitation, particularly a proposition on California's ballot.

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"An Economic Perspective," 1975 February 7

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This was Wall Street Week television program number 428, with host Louis Rukeyser and special guest Friedman.

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"Friedman on the Election," 1976 November 5

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This was Wall Street Week television program number 619, with host Louis Rukeyser and special guest Friedman.

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"Supply-Side Policies: Where Do We Go From Here?," 1982 March 17-18

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This Friedman lecture about supply-side economics in the 1980s was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Milton Friedman speech in Berkeley 1985 April 24

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Friedman speaks about the poor, unemployment, and antipoverty government programs. Friedman's remarks are complete on this audio cassette, but the remarks of others who spoke after him are not complete.

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"Free Market and Free Speech," 1986 March 7

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This was Friedman's keynote address delivered at the Federalist Society Nationalist Symposium on March 7, 1986, at the Stanford University Law School. The recording also contains some of the proceedings leading up to the keynote address.

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"Portfolio of State Issues" (volume 4, number 2) circa 1987

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Friedman and William F. Buckley Jr. speak about the tax cuts and economic policy of the Reagan administration.

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"In Defense of Dumping," Commonwealth Club of California 1987 July 17

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"Free Markets and Free Men," lecture delivered at the Chinese University of Hong Kong 1988 September 27

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Friedman speaks about the intersection of free markets and free societies.

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Milton Friedman describing his trip to China 1988 September 27

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"Communism and Markets," Commonwealth Club of California 1989 July 21

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Recording of freedom and technology dinner 1989 November 16

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This dinner was co-sponsored by the Cato Institute and Pacific Research Institute. The featured speakers are George Gilder and Milton Friedman.

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Milton Friedman describing his 1990 European trip circa 1990

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"Prospects for the Nineties: Reaganomics in Reverse?," speech at the National Financial Advisor Conference, Charles Schwab and Company, Inc. 1991

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"Why Government Is the Problem," Visions of Liberty (1992 Laissez Faire Books, San Francisco, California) 1992

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David Boaz interviews Milton Friedman, followed by a general discussion with other economists as well.

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Speech at the luncheon session of the Educational Choice Conference sponsored by the Pacific Research Institute, San Francisco 1992 May 1

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Milton Friedman describing his trip to China 1993 October

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Milton Friedman gives a detailed recounting, nearly hour-by-hour, of the trip he and his wife made to China in October 1993. He remarks on the places he went; people he met; and observations he made about the country, its people, and culture.

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Friedman on "Bridges: A Liberal/Conservative Dialogue" with Larry Josephson circa 1996

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"Issues in Education," 1997 May 17-24

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Part 1: "Vouching for Vouchers" by Milton Friedman, 17 May 1997. Part 2: "The New Absolutes" by Bill Watkins, 24 May 1997.

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"How to Cure Medical Care," Richard J. Bartlett M.D. Memorial Lecture for The Saint Francis Foundation, San Francisco 1999 November 4

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