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	== The self-own ==		== The self-own ==
	Haz on the ~~famous~~ "I, Pencil" bit ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/5e76e0d7-c4cc-459e-b8b1-65ade98827ae/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE stream]):		Haz on the "I, Pencil" bit ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/5e76e0d7-c4cc-459e-b8b1-65ade98827ae/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE stream]):

	> "I know Milton Friedman is cringe, but he was kind of right about something — the pencil is made of materials whose origin is so vast in scale... you could say you don't need centralization, but objectively you do. Objectively these supply chains have to all come together somehow from very disparate origins."		> "I know Milton Friedman is cringe, but he was kind of right about something — the pencil is made of materials whose origin is so vast in scale... you could say you don't need centralization, but objectively you do. Objectively these supply chains have to all come together somehow from very disparate origins."
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	== The school ==		== The school ==
	Same story as [[Friedrich August Hayek]]: after Marx finished classical political economy, the bourgeoisie needed pseudoscience, and Friedman was the salesman — Chicago School, monetarism, Pinochet's economic program~~, the works~~.		Same story as [[Friedrich August Hayek]]: after Marx finished classical political economy, the bourgeoisie needed pseudoscience, and Friedman was the salesman — Chicago School, monetarism, Pinochet's economic program.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	'''Milton Friedman''' — the ~~Chicago School's popularizer of market absolutism~~ — ~~appears in Infrared discourse as the pseudoscientific turn after Marx,~~ and~~, ironically, as an accidental witness for~~ planning.		'''Milton Friedman''' is the pencil guy — and his own pencil parable proves planning exists.

	== ~~From the streams~~ ==		== The self-own ==
	* The pencil argument inverted ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/5e76e0d7-c4cc-459e-b8b1-65ade98827ae/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE]): "I know Milton Friedman is cringe, but he was kind of right about something — the pencil is made of materials whose origin is so vast in scale... you could say you don't need centralization, but objectively you do. Objectively these supply chains have to all come together somehow from very disparate origins." ~~Friedman~~'s ~~famous parable of spontaneous market coordination actually demonstrates~~ the ''~~'pre-existing centralized coordination of~~ the ~~world economy~~'~~'' —~~ the ~~very thing~~ socialism ~~would make conscious~~.		Haz on the famous "I, Pencil" bit ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/5e76e0d7-c4cc-459e-b8b1-65ade98827ae/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE stream]):
	* The school~~'s role (~~[~~https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/78727f1b-bfd6-49fc-863e-bf67603855f7/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE~~]): after Marx ~~brought~~ classical political economy ~~to its conclusion~~, "the bourgeoisie needed ~~a more subjectivist~~, ~~pseudoscientific economic science" — Hayek~~ and Friedman as the ~~replacement crew~~, ~~trading value theory for preference talk~~.
			> "I know Milton Friedman is cringe, but he was kind of right about something — the pencil is made of materials whose origin is so vast in scale... you could say you don't need centralization, but objectively you do. Objectively these supply chains have to all come together somehow from very disparate origins."

			That's the whole game: Friedman pointed at the globally coordinated pencil and said "look, no planner!" — while describing a planner so vast it doesn't need a name. The market didn't coordinate the pencil; capital did, through monopoly supply chains, and price just hides who's holding the whip ([[Capitalist Socialism]], [[We already live in socialism]]).

			== The school ==
			Same story as [[Friedrich August Hayek]]: after Marx finished classical political economy, the bourgeoisie needed pseudoscience, and Friedman was the salesman — Chicago School, monetarism, Pinochet's economic program, the works.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Friedrich August Hayek]]
	* [[Economic Calculation Problem]]		* [[Economic Calculation Problem]]

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	'''Milton Friedman''' ~~(1912–2006) was an American economist at~~ the ~~University of~~ Chicago~~, leader~~ of the ~~monetarist counter-revolution~~, ~~Nobel laureate (1976)~~, ~~and the most influential propagandist of free-market capitalism in the late 20th century~~.		'''Milton Friedman''' — the Chicago School's popularizer of market absolutism — appears in Infrared discourse as the pseudoscientific turn after Marx, and, ironically, as an accidental witness for planning.

	== ~~Doctrines~~ ==		== From the streams ==
	* ~~Monetarism~~: ~~inflation~~ is ~~"always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon"; central banks should target money supply~~, ~~not employment.~~		* The pencil argument inverted ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/5e76e0d7-c4cc-459e-b8b1-65ade98827ae/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE]): "I know Milton Friedman is cringe, but he was kind of right about something — the pencil is made of materials whose origin is so vast in scale... you could say you don't need centralization, but objectively you do. Objectively these supply chains have to all come together somehow from very disparate origins." Friedman's famous parable of spontaneous market coordination actually demonstrates the '''pre-existing centralized coordination of the world economy''' — the very thing socialism would make conscious.
	* Permanent income hypothesis; natural rate of ~~unemployment~~ — ~~attacking Keynesian demand management~~.		* The school's role ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/78727f1b-bfd6-49fc-863e-bf67603855f7/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE]): after Marx brought classical political economy to its conclusion, "the bourgeoisie needed a more subjectivist, pseudoscientific economic science" — Hayek and Friedman as the replacement crew, trading value theory for preference talk.
	* ''~~Capitalism and Freedom~~'' ~~(1962) and~~ ''~~Free to Choose~~'' (~~1980~~): ~~competitive capitalism as necessary for~~ political ~~freedom; school vouchers~~, ~~floating exchange rates~~, ~~volunteer army~~, ~~negative income tax.~~
	* "The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits" (1970).

	~~## Practice~~		== See also ==
	Chicago Boys trained under Friedman's department advised Pinochet's Chile (the "Miracle of Chile"), and shock-therapy regimes worldwide — the pattern Naomi Klein called "disaster capitalism": crisis as window for marketization.		* [[Friedrich August Hayek]]
			* [[Economic Calculation Problem]]
	== ~~Critique~~ ==
	Monetarism collapsed empirically (money-demand instability in the 1980s); its legacy survives as central-bank inflation targeting. For the left, Friedman represents the friendly face of class war from above — see also [[~~Murray N. Rothbard~~]], [[~~Hans Hermann-Hoppe~~]] ~~for the radicalized lineage.~~

	== References ==		== References ==
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'''Milton Friedman''' (1912–2006) was an American economist at the University of Chicago, leader of the monetarist counter-revolution, Nobel laureate (1976), and the most influential propagandist of free-market capitalism in the late 20th century.

== Doctrines ==
* Monetarism: inflation is "always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon"; central banks should target money supply, not employment.
* Permanent income hypothesis; natural rate of unemployment — attacking Keynesian demand management.
* ''Capitalism and Freedom'' (1962) and ''Free to Choose'' (1980): competitive capitalism as necessary for political freedom; school vouchers, floating exchange rates, volunteer army, negative income tax.
* "The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits" (1970).

## Practice
Chicago Boys trained under Friedman's department advised Pinochet's Chile (the "Miracle of Chile"), and shock-therapy regimes worldwide — the pattern Naomi Klein called "disaster capitalism": crisis as window for marketization.

== Critique ==
Monetarism collapsed empirically (money-demand instability in the 1980s); its legacy survives as central-bank inflation targeting. For the left, Friedman represents the friendly face of class war from above — see also [[Murray N. Rothbard]], [[Hans Hermann-Hoppe]] for the radicalized lineage.

== References ==
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[[Category:Economics]][[Category:Chicago School]]