tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post115753544255455181..comments2024-01-25T13:55:08.273+00:00Comments on Gendal World: I'm glad I'm not in the paid-for newspaper businessRichard Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808940497740675782noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1158654594375596042006-09-19T09:29:00.000+01:002006-09-19T09:29:00.000+01:00Indeed.I think part of the perception problem (in ...Indeed.<BR/><BR/>I think part of the perception problem (in the UK at least) is due to the public at large failing to distinguish between the effects of the various policies that were implemented in the eighties - and also of failing to compare the effects against what <I>otherwise would have happened</I> rather than against how things were before.Richard Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808940497740675782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1158590456439395082006-09-18T15:40:00.000+01:002006-09-18T15:40:00.000+01:00I really hope he hasn't mellowed. I find him an ad...I really hope he hasn't mellowed. I find him an admirable man and a great moral leader as well as economist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1157739546147302372006-09-08T19:19:00.000+01:002006-09-08T19:19:00.000+01:00Richard, please tell me this isn't the same Milton...Richard, please tell me this isn't the same Milton Friedman whose ideas Margaret Thatcher followed- monetarism. It was a disaster for the country. We are still recovering from its blight all these years later.I admit I have not read the article so he may have mellowed and I may be misjudging him. Look back at the Thatcher era record and how those policies impacted on various social groups if you don't believe me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1157709017001758962006-09-08T10:50:00.000+01:002006-09-08T10:50:00.000+01:00I really should watch that show. I've read the bo...I really should watch that show. I've read the book (you're welcome to borrow it if you haven't already read it) but it would be good to see him in action.<BR/><BR/>As for being in his nineties... I hope I'm even half as sharp when I'm that age.Richard Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808940497740675782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327817.post-1157704824957753752006-09-08T09:40:00.000+01:002006-09-08T09:40:00.000+01:00Richard, I agree, I found the interview with Fried...Richard, I agree, I found the interview with Friedman to be excellent. For a man in his 90s, he is remarkably astute.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, the TV series he mentioned, 'Free to Choose', is available for free on Google Video:<BR/><BR/>http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=free++to+choose&hl=en/<BR/><BR/>I haven't watched it yet but have added it to the list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com