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The law, business, and economics faculties at the University of Chicago had a bright idea--actually, a rather obvious one.(THE WEEK)(Brief article)

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The law, business, and economics faculties at the University of Chicago had a bright idea--actually, a rather obvious one: name a research institute after Milton Friedman. But some 100 professors throughout the university had another idea: block the naming of the institute after Friedman. Why? Because, in the words of the New York Times, "the honor could be interpreted as a wholesale endorsement of Friedman's free-market ideology." First, Friedman was one of the best things that ever happened to the ...

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