Milton Friedman on Classical Liberalism

What is Classical Liberalism? According to a Classical Liberal, what is the proper role of government in a free society?

[jordanthomas]

Friedman is one major reason I call myself a “classical liberal” and I’m proud of it.

[homer]

Milton Friedman advocates Classical Liberalism? Noam Chomsky said that Milton Friedman is an advocate of Neoliberalism

[seandmoore]

Today the term Liberal is meant as an insult, but by the classical definition, a liberal is a term of intelligence and grace.

[MsRocks]

What happened to distrust in government? Let's go back to that.

[dsmith]

This is a must watch video for both the Left and Right.

[jrdardonl]

Without North Sea oil reserves, Norway it´s nothing. Oil it´s the main source of their wealth. Besides, this country only have a little bit more than five million people citizen to be fed (including inmigrants). Without the petroleum, their GDP would fall more than a half. So tell me my red friend...who is the norwegian Steve Jobs? who is the norwegian Mark Zuckerberg? who is the norwegian Henry Ford? They created jobs for their ideas, not the big brother system, whether you like it or not.

[stevemcgee]

Government could be so simple based on these principles.

It's like the Business Model Canvas for government. We don't need such elaborate systems to control everything...

[BarbaraJoanneBJ]

If he was not my father's age and married, I'd marry this guy. Ok, scratch that. If he was not married and, sadly gone, I'd marry the guy. I DO love him and how lucky we were to have him. His wife was lucky too!

[Zerc]

when you say "WE are liberal, they are progressive socialists", who are they "we" and who are "the progressive socialists"?

[michaelrocha]

classic liberalism is essentially libertarianism

[adamfitchett]

@Matias Nope The concrete bound idea that you are expressing is exactly what is wrong with the world today. Please sit down and have a long thought about how you intend to utilise facts without first utilising your brain.

[ElsenyoPol]

Can anyone help me please, I can't understand what he says when he say the dictionary definition of liberalism, it seems to be "othoem pertaining to freedom" but it doesn't have any sense... Help please! 😭

[intellectualselfdefense]

Not true. Classical liberalism was concerned with freedom of man. Before massive concentrations of private unaccountable undemocratic wealth, government and church were the primary constraints on human freedom. Now with private capital dominating our lives and government, any true classical liberal would critique them as well. Look up Noam Chomsky on classical liberalism for more on this.

[jrdardonl]

what facts??? Emotional facts??...sounds to me like Stalin, Mussolini or Hitler method?

[Zerc]

Norway is considered a "socialist" country when they are not but they have many socialist things...and they have the biggest social mobility, the best quality of life from the World, they are one of the best in the transparency Rank, economic freedom, etc thing that your beloved liberalism never did...

[Zerc]

¿? HAHAHA you don't know anything about communism haha, did you know in communism there is no states?, ergo no governments there is no social clases, nor cult of any person or culture, etc if you think all that happen in the Soviet Unión, Vietnam, Cambodia "and others" then you don't know about history neither...
And ¿China? you really said that? China? China is one of the most liberal countries of the world about economy...don't be naive

[Zerc]

You can tried to manipulate the the core of the discussion but i'm not buying it, it is very clear i meant the liberalism as socioeconomic and political doctrine...
Didn't you read communism?

[Zerc]

let me tell you, Liberalism and communism are the same thing the only difference is the perspective, the liberal perspective believes in individualism, the communist perspective believes in communitarianism, but they both dislike the government, they both promulgate solidarity, they both promulgate cooperation, freedom, etc...I hope you don't think the Soviet Union was communist