‘A Friedman Doctrine – The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits’: 44 Years Later

Published September 12th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

September 13 marks the 44th anniversary of the publication of University of Chicago professor Milton Friedman’s article, ‘A Friedman Doctrine – The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase…

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‘The Rule of Law’: A Lot of Moldy Washing

Published July 28th, 2013 by Peter Kinder

What distinguishes ‘us’ from ‘them’, we learnt in the bomb-shelter era, is ‘the rule of law’. We’ve got it; they don’t. Watching foundations and universities over a…

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