Monday, December 20, 2010

Video: Milton Friedman On Uncommon Knowledge

Peter Robinson is an excellent interviewer.  He does not let himself and his own ego get in the way of asking good questions---an uncommon virtue for a talking head.

In this interview Milton Friedman responds to questions concerning the role of government in society.  Robinson begins by asking for a clarification of libertarianism.  Friedman asserts there are two stripes of libertarianism and decidedly sets himself down with the latter of the two described.

There is enough room for disagreement between the Rothbard types and the Friedman types without parting ways.  There is certainly enough freedom to reclaim and protect to keep the two camps united!