…thanking me for saying something about Milton Freidman when he died. Honestly, I don’t remember what I wrote, but I’m sure it was in a positive vein. I’m impressed that Rick (from frretochoose.org) tracked me down at the new address to thank me. His organization is the producer of “Free to Choose,” a landmark documentary on freedom and democracy featuring Milton. They’ve got something new in the works, I’ll let him announce it…
“On behalf of Free to Choose Media, I wanted to send a belated thank you for your online comments this past January regarding Milton Friedman. We are the producers of the Free to Choose series and The Power of Choice biography.
I\’d also like to alert you to our newest documentary titled \”The Ultimate Resource,\” which will premiere on HDNet next Tuesday, April 24 at 10PM EST. I apologize for the short notice, but I was hoping you might share this with your readers. In short, we travel to China, Bangladesh, Estonia, Ghana, and Peru and show examples of how people (thank you Julian Simon) – when given the incentives and the tools – are proving they can apply their free choice, intelligence, imagination and spirit to dramatically advance their well-being and that of their families and communities. The program features 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, Hernando de Soto, James Tooley and Johan Norberg.
For more information including pics and video previews, visit us at http://www.freetochoosemedia.org
Also FYI: the Muhammad Yunus segment is available for teachers at no charge from http://www.izzit.org”
The thanks to Julian Simon is a reference to his most famous insight, that people are the ultimate, and perhaps only real resource. he made the point that none of our so-called natural resources are of any use at all until human ingenuity is applied to them. To use some of Don Beaudreaux’s examples, magnesium was in the ground for millennia, but it wasn’t until recently that people figured out how to use it. Native Americans no doubt cursed that awful black fluid that polluted streams in Pennsylvania, it took some ingenuity to figure out how to use it. According to Julian Simon, if people are allowed to tackle problems without interference, solutions to all problems can be overcome. Anyway, I expect this doc. to be all about human ingenuity in trying circumstances. Check it out if you can!
Isaac
economics julian simon free to choose Milton Freidman capitalism freedom