Mike’s Points

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November 16th, 2006

Milton Friedman, 94, dead

milton.jpgMilton Friedman, 94, died Thursday “of heart failure after being taken to hospital near his home in San Francisco,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Subscription required. (Image from http://www.ideachannel.com/Friedman.htm.)

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One of my two majors in college was in economics. (That’s how I was going to get rich! Ah, to be on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors . . . . )

Anyway, whether one agreed with Friedman or not, you can’t argue his legendary status as an influential economist.

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November 16th, 2006

Confidence vs. Arrogance

Is the difference in whether or not a person is confident or arrogant dependent on our individual view of that person (i.e., if we like him or her), or can those terms be objectively applied?