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Milton Friedman Debates Samuel Bowles (1990)
Milton Friedman Debates Samuel Bowles (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w9ymJm7XVk
In the case of England that you talk about the same is true the
role of the British Navy and the role for example the Parliament
in actually establishing the private property which is what you
say but this was done by a government intervention, and we
talked about the other cases. I talked about Sweden or we'll
talk about Korea. These are two countries which I think are
justly admired for their economic performance. Both countries
have income distributions far more equal than the United States
in Sweden over half the GNP is taxed now. People in this country
so it's obvious I've gone too far but let's look at the test of
the market. Sweden and Korea have been defeating the United
States in world markets. Exports have grown 5% per year during
the Reagan-Bush years in Sweden in the United States have grown
1% per year. in Korea we know they've they've grown much better
if you want to go on to Norway where much of the investing is
done by the government, they've grown their exports even faster
than Sweden. Meanwhile we can't compete in world markets so the
lesson of these countries is if you look at the facts, Milton, a
combination of government regulation and the market works.
Bowles: The voter played a very large role. The homeless people
are homeless because they're poor, and they're out of work
they're not homeless because of rent control.
Friedman:I beg your pardon not all of them are and of course
there are something like that but there the existence of rent
control has certainly increased the number of homeless
Friedman: free reign, it's very great it's a strange thing that
not a single one of the countries you've described has a
standard of living as high as out of the United States with
respect to the bulk of its box
Friedman: y también Hong Kong y Hong Kong nos vencieron con las
políticas que propongo.