Jennifer Burns
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So, you know, if you're talking about freedom, if by freedom you mean not having to pay taxes if you're successful, you know, I think... That can have all kinds of knock-on effects, right? The idea that people are able to prosper when they're educated. Where is education going to come from? How is that going to be paid for and supported?
And again, to go back to Knight, if you're generating too much inequality or people are feeling that you're generating too much inequality... And sometimes they value that more than they value freedom. And so I think the balance, I think there has to be more of a balance. And it's just it's hard to make such global statements. And you have to break them down into what actually do you mean.
And again, to go back to Knight, if you're generating too much inequality or people are feeling that you're generating too much inequality... And sometimes they value that more than they value freedom. And so I think the balance, I think there has to be more of a balance. And it's just it's hard to make such global statements. And you have to break them down into what actually do you mean.
And again, to go back to Knight, if you're generating too much inequality or people are feeling that you're generating too much inequality... And sometimes they value that more than they value freedom. And so I think the balance, I think there has to be more of a balance. And it's just it's hard to make such global statements. And you have to break them down into what actually do you mean.
But again, Malay is coming from a very different context. A very different country that has seen so much upheaval, so much government intervention, so much inflation, so much political turmoil. He's probably thinking about it differently than Friedman was thinking about it.
But again, Malay is coming from a very different context. A very different country that has seen so much upheaval, so much government intervention, so much inflation, so much political turmoil. He's probably thinking about it differently than Friedman was thinking about it.
But again, Malay is coming from a very different context. A very different country that has seen so much upheaval, so much government intervention, so much inflation, so much political turmoil. He's probably thinking about it differently than Friedman was thinking about it.
Yeah, I think in the macro, for sure. I mean, we've seen if you really put equality as your goal, it's such a... it's such a seductive ideal and people believe in it so much that they can, they can carry out horrible crimes, you know, in the name of equality. But then focusing on freedom, I just, these words are too big. They're so hard to define.
Yeah, I think in the macro, for sure. I mean, we've seen if you really put equality as your goal, it's such a... it's such a seductive ideal and people believe in it so much that they can, they can carry out horrible crimes, you know, in the name of equality. But then focusing on freedom, I just, these words are too big. They're so hard to define.
Yeah, I think in the macro, for sure. I mean, we've seen if you really put equality as your goal, it's such a... it's such a seductive ideal and people believe in it so much that they can, they can carry out horrible crimes, you know, in the name of equality. But then focusing on freedom, I just, these words are too big. They're so hard to define.
And so I think you have to ask sort of like, what is the freedom you're talking about, right? If you're talking about the freedom of ordinary people to be entrepreneurial, to make their own way, to start new things, to continue what they're doing, to keep what they've earned for sure. I think that's, That can increase the equality overall.
And so I think you have to ask sort of like, what is the freedom you're talking about, right? If you're talking about the freedom of ordinary people to be entrepreneurial, to make their own way, to start new things, to continue what they're doing, to keep what they've earned for sure. I think that's, That can increase the equality overall.
And so I think you have to ask sort of like, what is the freedom you're talking about, right? If you're talking about the freedom of ordinary people to be entrepreneurial, to make their own way, to start new things, to continue what they're doing, to keep what they've earned for sure. I think that's, That can increase the equality overall.
If you're talking about lower taxes, if freedom is just a code for lower taxes, there has to be... I mean, lower taxes in general, great. But if you're one of the top generators of wealth, there has to be some... way to ensure that, say, education, right? People prosper when they're well-educated. That's when economies do better.
If you're talking about lower taxes, if freedom is just a code for lower taxes, there has to be... I mean, lower taxes in general, great. But if you're one of the top generators of wealth, there has to be some... way to ensure that, say, education, right? People prosper when they're well-educated. That's when economies do better.
If you're talking about lower taxes, if freedom is just a code for lower taxes, there has to be... I mean, lower taxes in general, great. But if you're one of the top generators of wealth, there has to be some... way to ensure that, say, education, right? People prosper when they're well-educated. That's when economies do better.
Education is generally state-funded, and you need some way to support that and provide for those institutions that structure society that make competition possible. So I think it's just a really broad statement. Again, Millais is coming from a really different context.
Education is generally state-funded, and you need some way to support that and provide for those institutions that structure society that make competition possible. So I think it's just a really broad statement. Again, Millais is coming from a really different context.
Education is generally state-funded, and you need some way to support that and provide for those institutions that structure society that make competition possible. So I think it's just a really broad statement. Again, Millais is coming from a really different context.
You know, he's coming from the South American context from such upheaval, such economic devastation in pursuit of the goal of equality that I think trying to rebalance with that emphasis on freedom, I definitely see where he's coming from.