On the 50th Anniversary of Friedman’s Essay

I never said half the things I said — Yogi Berra

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On the 50th anniversary of Milton Friedman’s (in)famous article about business and social responsibility, a lot of people are commenting on the headline of the article (“A Friedman doctrine‐- The Social Responsibility Of Business Is to Increase Its Profits”) rather than what the article actually says:

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