tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839722827888249291.post3799911692586044054..comments2024-01-17T05:25:58.816-05:00Comments on RED STICK RANT: Your Friday Friedman. (UPDATED).....CLIFFORDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404394356250504673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839722827888249291.post-57859699111253870612009-03-14T15:58:00.000-06:002009-03-14T15:58:00.000-06:00"the internet was *not* a military project."Are yo..."the internet was *not* a military project."<BR/><BR/>Are you sure? Al Gore was in Vietnam for a few days........CLIFFORDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404394356250504673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839722827888249291.post-22799395111738224142009-03-14T15:05:00.000-06:002009-03-14T15:05:00.000-06:00Contrary to popular belief, the internet was *not*...Contrary to popular belief, the internet was *not* a military project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839722827888249291.post-78531293709269063172009-03-13T15:49:00.000-06:002009-03-13T15:49:00.000-06:00While Friedman is right in the power of greed as a...While Friedman is right in the power of greed as a motivator, I can think of three examples in which collective action, rather than individual action, advanced the economy dramatically.<BR/><BR/>1. The Interstate Highway System, which was not individual initiative, but a military project. (Don't think Phil would necessarily care for that.)<BR/><BR/>2. The Internet, which was also a military project.<BR/><BR/>3. Milton Friedman's own education, in which he maximized his economic potential by accepting government money for education.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I miss Phil Donahue. While I do not agree with him politically, he was able to ask the right questions and do so in a thoughtful way. (I'm trying to imagine a modern economist showing up on The View.)Ontario Emperorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468229071024779982noreply@blogger.com