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Alexandre Padilla

@dr_alexpadilla

Professor of Economics. Research: Law & Economics, Immigration, Populism, & Self-Regulation. Opinions are my own & do not represent MSU Denver.

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Milton Friedman Quotes (@miltonmindset) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“We want the kind of world in which greedy people can do the least harm to their fellow men. That’s the kind of world in which power is widely dispersed and each of us has as many alternatives as possible.” — Milton Friedman

“We want the kind of world in which greedy people can do the least harm to their fellow men. That’s the kind of world in which power is widely dispersed and each of us has as many alternatives as possible.”

— Milton Friedman
Magatte Wade (@magattew) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“But regulations protect consumers!” Let’s debunk this myth once and for all. Sure, some regulations make sense. Banning lead paint in 1978 protected kids from brain damage. But most regulations protect entrenched interests (and their profits), not regular people. Chicago’s

Milton Friedman Quotes (@miltonmindset) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Nothing is so important for freedom as recognizing in the law each individual’s natural right to property, and giving individuals a sense that they own something that they’re responsible for.” — Milton Friedman

Magatte Wade (@magattew) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Corruption is not cultural.  It is rational behavior when rules are impossible to follow.  Fix the rules, and corruption fades.

Vincent Geloso (@vincentgeloso) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two graduate students and myself (both are on market this year — hire them) found a way to test the doughnut model and … very simply … it explains nothing. It yields NONE of its predictions. See here : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

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“The most harm of all is done when power is in the hands of people who are absolutely persuaded of the purity of their instincts and intentions.” — Milton Friedman

“The most harm of all is done when power is in the hands of people who are absolutely persuaded of the purity of their instincts and intentions.”

— Milton Friedman
Magatte Wade (@magattew) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Oh, but regulation protects consumers!” Well, the law once forced Chicago to use lead pipes, even when everyone knew they were poisoning kids. That’s regulation in action.

“Oh, but regulation protects consumers!”

Well, the law once forced Chicago to use lead pipes, even when everyone knew they were poisoning kids.

That’s regulation in action.
Magatte Wade (@magattew) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Entrepreneurs are individuals who create jobs, build wealth, drive innovation, and solve real-world problems in society. So what do most African governments do? Punish them. Bury them in permits, licenses, taxes, and regulations that take years to navigate. Meanwhile, they

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“A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it does this task so well: it gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want.” — Milton Friedman

“A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it does this task so well: it gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want.”

— Milton Friedman
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My Life as an Austrian Economist: My Philosophical Vision and the Critique of Scientism - Econlib econlib.org/my-life-as-an-…

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This is one of the reasons Africa continues to struggle today. Our education system pushes socialism, while our own history of free markets is completely ignored. Speaker: Linda Kavuka