a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by forkthing
forkthing  ·  4796 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Milton Freidman Supported a Negative Income Tax
I would really like to see something like the article's "government as employer of last resort, coupled with a small negative income tax."

"By all accounts, Mr. Friedman was a generous and compassionate man, someone more keenly aware of good luck’s contribution to individual prosperity than many of his disciples."

Indeed. No one should needlessly suffer merely for living in a universe governed by chance.