Trade wars are back in fashion. And so is Milton Friedman. A video of Friedman explaining the miracle of the pencil has gone viral, amassing 42.5 million views and being shared by Elon Musk and many ...

Tech magnate Elon Musk protested Monday against President Trump’s barrage of tariffs on foreign imports by reposting the late libertarian economist Milton Friedman’s famous “pencil speech.” The Tesla ...

LITTLE ROCK — At the height of the Vietnam War, U.S. commander Gen. William Westmoreland testified before the President’s Commission on an All-Volunteer Force. The 15 members of that commission were ...

"I, Pencil: My Family Tree" was first published in December 1958. This short essay — written from the perspective of a pencil — has become a timeless explanation of how free markets work, showing how ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This video offers an introduction to Milton and Rose Friedman and their book "Free to Choose." Milton Friedman was a 1976 Nobel Prize-winning ...

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“I, Pencil” has since become one of the most widely used tools for teaching the benefits of free trade and market coordination. It gained additional popularity thanks to Milton Friedman, who often ...