Capitalism and Freedom
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Oct 18, 2026
SamHOST
I'm Sam.
SamHOST
And today we're digging into Milton Friedman's capitalism and freedom.
SamHOST
And Sophie, I got to ask, is this book as controversial as everyone says?
SophieHOST
Oh, it absolutely is.
Ben FergusonHOST
Yeah
Ted CruzHOST
... for me, I, I read Capitalism and Freedom as a teenager, and it, and it inspired me.
Ted CruzHOST
And, and, and school choice, when, when he laid it out, it was a theory.
Ted CruzHOST
It was an idea of let's bring competition to regulated monopolies for schools because we see the regulated monopolies are producing some schools that are, that are terrible, that are not teaching kids, that have violence, that, that, that, that, that are failing kids.
Mickey LevyGUEST
And this is what led to their new strategic plan in 2020 that brought asymmetry into their dual mandate, emphasizing employment and encouraging inflation above 2% without any numeric definition of what was acceptable.
Jon HartleyHOST
This is the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution's Economic Policy Working Group, where we talk about economics, markets, and public policy.
Jon HartleyHOST
I'm John Hurley, your host.
Jon HartleyHOST
Today, my guest is Mickey Levy.
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Jon HartleyHOST
It's been a real honor to talk to you.
Jon HartleyHOST
Thank you for having me.
Jon HartleyHOST
This is the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution's Economic Policy Working Group, where we talk about economics, markets, and public policy.
Jon HartleyHOST
I'm John Hadley, your host.
Mickey LevyGUEST
And this is what led to their new strategic plan in 2020 that brought asymmetry into their dual mandate, emphasizing employment and encouraging inflation above 2% without any numeric definition of what was acceptable.
Jon HartleyHOST
This is the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution's Economic Policy Working Group, where we talk about economics, markets, and public policy.
Jon HartleyHOST
I'm John Hurley, your host.
Jon HartleyHOST
Today, my guest is Mickey Levy.
1 HR 6 MINS LATER
Jon HartleyHOST
It's been a real honor to talk to you.
Jon HartleyHOST
Thank you for having me.
Jon HartleyHOST
This is the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution's Economic Policy Working Group, where we talk about economics, markets, and public policy.
Jon HartleyHOST
I'm John Hadley, your host.
Ben FergusonHOST
Yeah
Ted CruzHOST
... for me, I, I read Capitalism and Freedom as a teenager and it, and it inspired me.
Ted CruzHOST
And, and, and school choice, when, when he laid it out, it was a theory.
Ted CruzHOST
It was an idea of let's bring competition to regulated monopolies for schools because we see the regulated monopolies are producing some schools that are, that are terrible, that are not teaching kids, that have violence, that, that, that, that, that are failing kids.
Ben FergusonHOST
Yeah
Ted CruzHOST
... for me, I, I read Capitalism and Freedom as a teenager, and it, and it inspired me.
Ted CruzHOST
And, and, and school choice, when, when he laid it out, it was a theory.
Ted CruzHOST
It was an idea of let's bring competition to regulated monopolies for schools because we see the regulated monopolies are producing some schools that are, that are terrible, that are not teaching kids, that have violence, that, that, that, that, that are failing kids.
Rob ChatfieldGUEST
But, you know, we, our job is to go out and literally go to all these places where people don't hear the message, and I think that's probably our impact and what we try to do, is just make sure we can pick topics that the left and the right can't own, and then get that message out there.
Rob ChatfieldGUEST
And that message is capitalism and freedom, period.
Rob ChatfieldGUEST
It's n- based on the 1962 book by Milton Friedman.
Rob ChatfieldGUEST
Capitalism works.
Sean ThemeaHOST
... what would that sound like?
Rob ChatfieldGUEST
Freedom is a rare and precious thing, and that's really what Milton was trying to do.
Rob ChatfieldGUEST
He had written the book Capitalism and Freedom in 1962, and what Bob Chitester was trying to do was just translate that into something that can be consumed by the masses.
Rob ChatfieldGUEST
The book itself is easily readable, but Free to Choose is really meant for the layperson who has no clue what a libertarian philosophy is.
Tyler HassenGUEST
But in the Department of Interior, we had 50 HR offices with over 2,000 HR professionals for 65,000 people.
Jon HartleyHOST
This is the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution Economic Policy Working Group, where we talk about economics, markets, and public policy.
Jon HartleyHOST
I'm John Hartley, your host.
Jon HartleyHOST
Today, my guest is Tyler Hasson.
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Tyler HassenGUEST
I'm honored to be on.
Tyler HassenGUEST
Thank you, John.
Jon HartleyHOST
This is the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution's Economic Policy Working Group, where we talk about economics, markets, and public policy.
Jon HartleyHOST
I'm John Howley, your host.
Tyler HassenGUEST
Thank you, John.
Jon HartleyHOST
This is the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution's Economic Policy Working Group, where we talk about economics, markets, and public policy.
Jon HartleyHOST
I'm John Helyar, your host.
Jon HartleyHOST
Thank you so much for joining us.