i think trump's appeal was overwhelmingly cultural, for people who felt he was speaking for them. He did do some d regulation. That's the closest thing you can say that was libertarian about trump. Pretty much in everything else, especially trade, which was at issue. And without milton being alive to champion his perspective, i've been surprised at how little remembered he has been in the last ten to 15 years. I always felt, after two thousand and eight how little melton mattered. It made me sad, actuallyand if he'd been alive, i think his voice would have been active.
Journalist and author Nicholas Wapshott talks about his book Samuelson Friedman with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson were two of the most influential economists of the last century. They competed for professional acclaim and had very different policy visions. The conversation includes their differences over the work of Keynes, their rivalry in their columns at Newsweek, and a discussion of their intellectual and policy legacies.