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Milton Friedman1912–2006

Only a crisis⁠—actual or perceived⁠—produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.

Milton Friedman on ideas

Capitalism and Freedom (1962), preface to the 1982 edition, p. ix

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