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Free To Choose 1980 - Vol. 01 The Power of the Market - Full Video

Free To Choose Network · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Microeconomics & behavioral economicsMacroeconomics & financial crises

What it is

The first episode of Milton Friedman's 1980 Free To Choose series, on how markets and voluntary exchange organize economic activity and the price system. It includes visits to Hong Kong, the U.S. and Scotland and a panel discussion with critics.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters say it made market economics click for them and find it an interesting documentary relevant to welfare and UBI debates.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “What really made it click was Milton Friedman's”

    Made market economics click for the commenter

    olalonde, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?”

  2. “to be really interesting”

    Interesting documentary related to UBI and welfare bureaucracy

    maerF0x0, 2024-08 · Recommendation · in “Judge rules $400M algorithmic system illegally denied Medicaid benefits”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: milton friedman, free markets, price system, economics, 1980s

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