Take Milton Friedman, he sits at his desk pontificating about such bunk as the monetary system being the … - Louis O. Kelso

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Louis O. Kelso

Take Milton Friedman, he sits at his desk pontificating about such bunk as the monetary system being the answer to our problems. The monetary system is a legal contrivance. Property, not money, is real wealth. It's physical, not legal.

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