Tyranny of the Status Quo

In 1980, Milton Friedman produced his documentary and book titled, "Power to Choose." In it, he outlines his view of economic and government reform. In a succint and logical manner, Friedman advocates the return of the American economic structure and government to that of a total free-market policy grounded in a consitutionalist political framework. He provides evidence of the detriment to society that socialist welfare programs, government bureacracy, and worker unions produce despite all their good intentions precisely because they allow the force of special interest to take control of idealistic policies. The removal of these programs in favor of a completely free-market place, with extremely minimum government involvement, would produce the quality of economic growth that England saw in the 19th century, Hong Kong in the 20th century, and Dubai in the 21st century.The beauty of his argument is that it gives evidence, based upon natural principal, of the benefits of economic freedom that are part, parcel, and integral to the ideal of total human and individual freedoms.