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3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?

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What Do You Like About Economists?

Milton Friedman's own grandson thinks Washington is such a sclerotic oligarchy he wants to leave civilization behind, start over in the ocean. Potry: "I think we'd see federalism, I think that school would be run by vouchers and then the economists would quickly be out of power as the teachers unions marched on Washington"

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