April 23, 2007

An Economic Giant in HD

ThreeSources friend Lance of A Second Hand Conjecture reminds Friedmanites of an upcoming TV event:

This coming Tuesday, April 24th, Free to Choose Media is continuing the work of its inspiration, Milton Friedman, of bringing the benefits of freedom to the people of this world, including its most remote corners. A new documentary, “The Ultimate Resource” will air on HDNet at 10PM EST.

In short, they travel to China, Bangladesh, Estonia, Ghana, and Peru and show examples of how people (thank you Julian Simon) - when given the incentives and the tools - are proving they can apply their free choice, intelligence, imagination and spirit to dramatically advance their well-being and that of their families and communities. The program features 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, Hernando de Soto, James Tooley and Johan Norberg.


I joked when I bought my HiDef TV (I ended up with a Sylvania 42" Plasma HD) that it was a waste to get HD to watch Larry Kudlow. But I will be looking forward to this.

Economics and Markets Posted by John Kranz at April 23, 2007 11:41 AM

Thanks a lot. I know the guys at Free to Choose media appreciate it.

I hope you don't mind me pushing you to promote it, in any way you feel appropriate.

HDNet didn't let them know the broadcast schedule until last week. So they are pretty much counting on us bloggers to spread the word. They had only a few days and no time to develop a traditional PR Campaign. Other wise I wouldn't so explicitly ask a group of people such as bloggers to make an effort. I am a big fan of these guys, I think they do Gods work. The people they are covering are even more important.

Posted by: Lance at April 23, 2007 12:12 PM

Get outta town, I am looking forward to it. Were I able to turn one person on to the ideas of Friedman, my blogging career would be worthwhile.

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