Meet Milton Friedman: Results, Not Intentions

The smiling scalpel

Friedman never raised his voice; he asked questions until positions collapsed under their own arithmetic. His Monetary History showed the Fed deepened the Great Depression; 'inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon' became orthodoxy the hard way — by being right when it was mocked.

Free to choose

He helped end the draft, championed school choice, and put the burden of proof on every intervention: trace the incentives, count the results, compare against the alternative actually available. Whatever your politics, that discipline transfers to every decision you'll make this year.

Why they belong at your table

Seat him before you mistake a good intention for a good outcome. He'll trace the incentives to where they actually lead.