Comments on: Excerpt of the Day: Milton Friedman on “Self-Interest” http://www.bizzyblog.com/2006/07/14/quote-of-the-day-milton-friendman-on-self-interest/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:53:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2006/07/14/quote-of-the-day-milton-friendman-on-self-interest/#comment-20236 TBlumer Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:51:53 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=2588#comment-20236 To the extent that conservatives argue from narrow selfishness instead of self-interest, they diminish the argument. I believe that this is mostly a leftist mischaracterization though and not reflective of a narrow selfishness of large numbers of people. You and I aren't working as we do so we can pile up a bunch of money in the corner and roll around in it. We're doing it for things like getting kids to college, having a nice house for the family, and to the extent possible for charitable and other purposes. To call that "selfish" is a disservice to ordinary people. To the extent that conservatives argue from narrow selfishness instead of self-interest, they diminish the argument. I believe that this is mostly a leftist mischaracterization though and not reflective of a narrow selfishness of large numbers of people.

You and I aren’t working as we do so we can pile up a bunch of money in the corner and roll around in it. We’re doing it for things like getting kids to college, having a nice house for the family, and to the extent possible for charitable and other purposes. To call that “selfish” is a disservice to ordinary people.

]]> By: Kevin Irwin http://www.bizzyblog.com/2006/07/14/quote-of-the-day-milton-friendman-on-self-interest/#comment-20235 Kevin Irwin Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:38:56 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=2588#comment-20235 Although at times I disagree with some of his ideologies, I have a great deal of respect for Friedman. He is able to delineate between self-interest and selfishness and understand when he is participating in both. I can't say the same for a number of others who use the free market argument in the interest of selfishness. Although at times I disagree with some of his ideologies, I have a great deal of respect for Friedman. He is able to delineate between self-interest and selfishness and understand when he is participating in both. I can’t say the same for a number of others who use the free market argument in the interest of selfishness.

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