TGIFriedman- Big Government Part II

TGIFriedman- Big Government Part I

TGIFriedman- How to Cure Inflation Part III

Here's the final installment of Milton Friedman's three-part cure for inflation.

TGIFriedman- How to Cure Inflation Part II

Here's the second of three installments on how to cure inflation from Milton Friedman.

TGIFriedman- How to Cure Inflation

Today, our favorite avuncular economist tells us how to cure inflation. Or at least starts to tell us. We'll post the rest of his solution over the next two weeks.

Power of the Market- Opportunity

Milton Friedman discusses the power of opportunity.

TGIFriedman- Medicine

Let's see if Milton Friedman's take on medicine from his landmark "Free to Choose" series has any lessons for us today.

TGIFriedman- Government's Health Care Role

A third installment from Milton Friedman's health care speech at the Mayo Clinic in 1978.

TGIFriedman- Rising Cost of Health Care

More from Friedman's address at the Mayo Clinic in 1978.

TGIFriedman- Curing American Health Care

Thanks to Charlie's favorite blog, Carpe Diem, for this week's installment. Milton Friedman argued to end the antiquated guild system used to license doctors in an address at the Mayo Clinic in 1978.

TGIFriedman- Minimum Wage

Milton Friedman looks at the consequences, untended to some, desired by others, of minimum wage laws.

Let's see what the latest minimum wage hike, along with a recession, did to teen unemployment.

TGIFriedman- Unfair Competition

TGIFriedman- Immigration

As with many of Milton Friedman's videos from the 70's and 80's, it's remarkable how we are still facing the same questions today.

TGIFriedman- Farewell to Rose Friedman

Rose Friedman was an outstanding economist in her own right, and happened to be married to Milton Friedman, who could communicate free market principles better through television than anyone in history. Given that, Milton tended to dominate the video appearances, though they were true partners in their work as well as life, and Rose Friedman was a true co-author of the landmark "Free to Choose".

I contacted the Friedman Foundation this week asking if they had video of Rose that we could use in our TGIFriedman segment. YouTube is filled with clips from the telegenic Milton, but not of the shy Rose. They agreed, and are starting to upload their archival footage.

First up is a discussion they had with Milton and Rose Friedman in 2004 on a subject close to our hearts at the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, the importance of state-based think tanks.

TGIFriedman- Labor

Milton Friedman takes a look at labor unions.

TGIFriedman: Education

TGIFriedman: Consumer Protection

Milton Friedman takes on Ralph Nader:

TGIFriedman: Higher Education

TGIFriedman: Equality

Milton Friedman talks about the ultimate equality; equal opportunity:

TGIFriedman: Choices

Crtics of free markets often make the false claim that supporters believe markets always make everything better. That's not true. Markets allow trade-offs between competing costs and benefits. Without markets, consumers aren't able to trade one benefit for another at lower cost. Ultimately, markets are choices: