Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary

Freedom to CooperateGregory F. Rehmke

www.EconomicThinking.org • grehmke@gmail.com

Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA

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Competition and Cooperation

Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA

Thursday, February 28, 13

• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?

Competition and Cooperation

Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA

Thursday, February 28, 13

• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?

• Shouldn’t society emphasize cooperation?

Competition and Cooperation

Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA

Thursday, February 28, 13

• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?

• Shouldn’t society emphasize cooperation?

• The core value or core freedom of a market economy is cooperation.

Competition and Cooperation

Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA

Thursday, February 28, 13

• Does a free-market economic system push people to compete? Isn’t competition angry and wasteful?

• Shouldn’t society emphasize cooperation?

• The core value or core freedom of a market economy is cooperation.

• In a market economy we have the freedom to choose who we cooperate with: who we buy from, who we work for, who we associate with.

Competition and Cooperation

Milton Friedman 100th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, August 1, 2012 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PMMountain View, CA

Thursday, February 28, 13

Competition and Cooperation

Thursday, February 28, 13

• In a free society, people choose who they wish to cooperate with.

Competition and Cooperation

Thursday, February 28, 13

• In a free society, people choose who they wish to cooperate with.

• But today, in the U.S. and around the world, that freedom is often illegal...

Competition and Cooperation

Thursday, February 28, 13

• In a free society, people choose who they wish to cooperate with.

• But today, in the U.S. and around the world, that freedom is often illegal...

• Regulation limits freedom to cooperate in: Transportation, Housing, Medical care, etc.

Competition and Cooperation

Thursday, February 28, 13

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