Anon reads about Milton Friedman

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• Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m a dumb American and don’t know who this is. He didn’t really do that did he? What the fuck is going on.

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He’s one of the fathers of neoliberalism, and therefore a lot of the problems we all face today

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    • ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I believe he is the one who coined the term, and if you read the text in which he did that, you will see that what we got is nothing even close to what he wanted.

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    • silverneedle@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Neoliberalism would have come one way or the other. Doesn’t matter if Milton Friedman was a Jack Burner or a Jan Wouters.

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  • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Codified the concept on lessaiz faire economics giving a pseudo-academic justification for the Reaganite and Thatcherite fiscal policies that are broadly responsible for the sorry state of public services in America and Britain today.

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nah it’s one of them stories that sound cool and smart and shit but it’s made up.

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    • RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      All stories are made up.

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  • sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nobel prize in econics back in the 70s. Wrote several books most notable being Capitalism and Freedom

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• zwerg@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I kid you not, ive seen Nepalis building a house using a loooong line of people passing shallow dishes of cement along to the top of the building. It certainly looked like exactly this kind of job creation scheme… Friedman can fuck off, though.

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  • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Many hands make light work, especially if the machine for the job isn’t available for whatever reason. But if the reason is “the guy next to you needs a job too” then the actual problem isn’t being addressed.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah if you need more jobs either find work that’s good to do but normally can’t be justified like the American CCC did or cut hours.

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  • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know what this is. It makes sense in rough terrain where it is hard to get machinery to, even disassembled, but at the same time has no shortage of willing labour.

    Its very effective during disaster recovery.

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    • zwerg@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This was in Kathnandu, so not exactly rough terrain.

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  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If they were smart, they would make a bigger dish out of cement, to carry the cement.

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      TBF, bigger dishes would be heavier, which would slow down the line and might reduce how many hours the people in it can go.

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  • VAK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Depending on the labor costs, it could be cheaper than a cement mixer

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This has “why are there so many people standing around on construction sites?” vibes

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• TheFerrango@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pointing out someone else’s retarded policy doesn’t mean yours are any better

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  • Newsteinleo@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, but analyzing the policy can help us make better policies. Also don’t use retarded, you undermine your message by using a slur often directed at the neurodivergent.

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• dgdft@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  By far the most popular and prolific flat earther

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• reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean maybe shovels created exactly the right amount of jobs

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• DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  FWIW,

  wp:Milton Friedman#Foreign policy

  He supported US involvement in the Second World War and initially supported a hard-line against Communism, but moderated over time.[149] However, Friedman did state in a 1995 interview that he was an anti-interventionist.[150] He opposed the Gulf War and the Iraq War. In a spring 2006 interview, Friedman said the US’s stature in the world had been eroded by the Iraq War, but that it might be improved if Iraq were to become a peaceful and independent country.[151][149]

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• liuther9@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He thought he made a smart and funny joke. Just shows his arrogance

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