The Latest Breaking News from Milton Friedman

New York City Is About To Elect a Socialist Mayor in Zohran Mamdani. Why Won't This Failed Ideology Die?

The troubling rise of Zohran Mamdani is about more than policy. It's about culture.

Reason · Oct 28, 2025

Seasteading is making a comeback — but these utopian paradises on the high seas have a history of failure

IN FOCUS: They promised utopian paradises, unshackled by governments and buoyed by tech. What they built instead was a costly illusion. Holly Baxter reports on how seasteading started, unraveled and is now rising again in popularity

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2025

Is MAGA going Marxist and Maoist? Trump's assault on free-market capitalism

Many business leaders are horrified at the prospect of New York City turning socialist under Zohran Mamdani, but Trump's assaults on free-market capitalism make him look like John D. Rockefeller.

Fortune · Aug 12, 2025

Milton Friedman's Warning to DOGE

The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.

Reason · Apr 8, 2025

All Trade is Reciprocal. Trump's Tariffs Interfere With That Reciprocity.

Governments should just get out of the way of free trade among consumers and businesses.

Reason · Apr 4, 2025

‘Corporate social responsibility’ is a flawed concept. What we really need is ‘corporate accountability’

Just as children outgrow their focused self-interest, corporate accountability means challenging companies to come of age.

Fortune · Mar 10, 2025

How Would Milton Friedman Do DOGE?

If the Department of Government Efficiency goes about this the wrong way, we could be left with both a presidency on steroids and no meaningful reduction in government.

Reason · Mar 3, 2025

RIP to Government Acronyms

One perk that may materialize from Elon Musk upending the federal bureaucracy is the downfall of the government’s obsessive use of abbreviations.

Reason · Feb 23, 2025

The Trump revolution: where it came from and where it’s going

As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, the world is preparing for the beginning of the second Trump Revolution. Trump’s second term will be very different from his first, when his powers were more limited and restrained. In 2016 he did not win a majority of the popular vote.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2025

2024's Unprecedented Rise in Homelessness Shows the Tension Between Free Shelter and Free Movement

Milton Friedman once observed that you can't have open immigration and a welfare state. He was mostly right.

Reason · Jan 9, 2025