Friedman advocated legalizing drugs and generally opposed public. Time for a real debate paul stares friday, march 1. Legalization of drugs chapter 2 6 should drugs be legalized milton friedman and william j bennett here are some facts provided by the u. More important, many drug addicts are deliberately made by pushers, who give likely prospects their first few doses free. Milton friedman puts forward a compelling case for the legalization of drugs more videos and information on issues of liberty is available at.
Milton friedman was the grandmaster of conservative economic theory in the postwar era. Drugs legalization is a good idea milton friedman youtube. Milton friedman s most popular book is capitalism and freedom. Forbidden fruit is attractive, particularly to the young. During his time as professor at the university of chicago, friedman.
Our marching orders were to figure out how to win the war on heroin, not to. The economist and nobel prize winner milton friedman argued in 1991 for the legalization of drugs in the us. His compromises on monetary policy and education vouchers are well known in austrian economics circles. Milton friedman why drugs should be legalized youtube. Explore discussion on the topic milton friedman destroys war on drugs logic.
Pdf milton friedman, drug legalization, and public. Milton friedman has 109 books on goodreads with 73490 ratings. Milton friedman milton friedman leads a list of more than 500 economists from around the u. Heres why milton friedman thought all drugs should be. Milton friedman is best known as the founding father and leading exponent of the monetarist school of macroeconomic thought, and for championing the case for the efficacy of free markets in a wide. Whatever your view about that issue, i believe that you cannot read this book without. Books by milton friedman author of capitalism and freedom. This book contains revised versions of papers given at a conference on beyond prohibition. But in three major areas, he refused to defend free market principles. Friedman was of the opinion that all drugs should be legal, and he believed that the fact. I was alone on a new york subway platform, when a man started toward me. It pays the pusher to do so because, once hooked, the addict is a captive. Contributions to economics and public policy find, read and cite all the research. Milton friedman, recipient of the 1976 nobel prize for economic science, was a senior research fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, from 1977 to 2006.
Legalizing drugs might increase the number of addicts, but it is not clear that it would. From the collected works of milton friedman, compiled and. In 1991, randy paige interviewed milton friedman in 1991 about his stance on the legalization of drugs. Milton friedmans sensible approach to drug policy the. Milton friedman was an american economist and statistician best known for his strong belief in freemarket capitalism. Pdf on jun 16, 2016, mark thornton and others published milton friedman, drug legalization, and public policy. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so.
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