Testing Milton Friedman

Testing Milton Friedman, hosted by award-winning veteran journalist Emily Rooney with a distinguished panel of two Friedman advocates and two challengers, presents a lively discussion and debate on Friedman's still-provocative ideas in each of these hour-long programs. Special emphasis is placed on the relevance of his ideas in view of the current world economic situation. The episodes are as follows: Equality of Opportunity -- the panelists explore Friedman's ideas and the possible implications of equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. The panelists include: Walter Williams -- author, syndicated columnist, and the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University Shikha Dalmia -- Senior Policy Analyst at Reason Foundation Matthew Yglesias -- political blogger John Bouman -- President and Advocacy Director of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. Government Control -- a discussion of what can occur when legislators, often in collusi