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So I was eventually going to do a book on Capitalism and have tried to get through this audio book for study, 'Capitalism and Freedom'. I had to read Milton Friedman before in college for economics. And I just have to say he has aged like sour milk. All his ideas on invisible hand and how the /1

free market will keep out bad players is laughably naive in the time we now live in. He was a trusted advisor to Reagan and one of the big proponents on unfettered Capitalism. The most striking thing though is he has a chapter dedicated to the Depression and how it was the fault of the central /2

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for not acting fast enough, yet then later that we did too much. He seems to totally be unaware of the greed that prevailed and simply does not even put it into his equation. He literally saw it as banks had people take out money, for some reason, glossing over trade markets imploding. It's so /3

striking to be an adult and read people you used to think highly of and then think: "Man this guy is just so full of bullshit and faith in things while grandly ignoring huge other points.". But I'm drudging on. I want to research conservative and liberal sides, but this guy is mostly bravado.