Daytime TV sure has declined in 40 years. From this to The View.

@coda700

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. The view hosts wouldnt even let him speak. While I don't agree with Donahue's politics, much respect to someone who let's the guests speak regardless on how much or little they agree and shows much respect. There was no tension here. Classy exchange between the two.

@Redmenace96

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 53 this year. Donahue helped people understand. He had KKK members on his show! I'm not down with Phil's politics, either. But he brought integrity and intelligence to daytime TV. Helluva guy.

@dang1861

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, there's always Jerry Springer

@guyfromdubai

4 жыл бұрын

You can blame the marketplace, people want to watch the view, we just have to give them something worth more to their time and their desire to watch than that.

@Rahab111222

4 жыл бұрын

@@guyfromdubai People want to watch the view because train wrecks are always entertaining.

Thanks to the PBD podcast I watched this. I never heard of him and wow this man is speaking the truth

@andremcmillan1504

Ай бұрын

PBD is boss!

@needwhippin

Ай бұрын

i came from his podcast too lol. this is amazing. i wrote a paper in college about how substances being illicit are against our constitutional rights and it was weird to present but opened my classes eyes

@happytimes6113

Ай бұрын

Same!

Over 40 years old and Friedman's comments on energy, inflation and the government are still relevant today.

@minenotyours6906

4 ай бұрын

That's solely because the same people are still in office especially Joe Biden

@joeblogs6598

4 ай бұрын

Because the organization of human society has not changed: We still have a government.

@theQuestion626

3 ай бұрын

@@joeblogs6598 we also have the market that contributes to government failure. This notion that the government is some kind of bogeyman is ridiculous. The failures of the market are the reason why society has decayed and such a fashion. History will not be kind to Milton Friedman, and in fact history has proven that not only was he wrong he was abysmally wrong.

@joeblogs6598

3 ай бұрын

@@theQuestion626 You are very silly. Without a market, there is no food, houses, energy, anything. The market is what produces life. The government conversely produces nothing at all, it taxes (theft). Without government, the world continues. Jog on statist fool.

@henresearch

Ай бұрын

Milton Friedman was bl**dy wrong.

1979: "As a college professor, you can say exactly what you feel and believe". 2018: "The professor hurt my feelings". (Subsequently fired).

@L37H4L

5 жыл бұрын

Caught that too, also noticed how nervous Phil was in an earlier interview. He either had a lot of respect for Milton personally, or the office he held, or more reasonably both.

@jeronimotamayolopera4834

5 жыл бұрын

SAD.

@whitedevil4122

5 жыл бұрын

That jumped out at me as well.

@Remembering-rq6si

4 жыл бұрын

@me and me Tell that the econometricians who make more money in a single month than you do in a year.

@Remembering-rq6si

4 жыл бұрын

@me and me No one earns an accredited PhD by being lazy. Idiot.

Donahue could not be further from Friedman politically and philosophically, but he conducted this interview with respect, allowing Friedman to develop his arguments without constant interruption. Wonderful.

@edanderson8413

3 ай бұрын

I think Phil learned alot

@silikon2

Ай бұрын

It's true, Donahue does a great job of hosting someone he clearly grossly disagrees with. That's a very good thing for a host of a talk show. As to their views, yes it's hard to avoid the conclusion that by and large Donahue wants to run everybody's lives. Essentially, it's hard to avoid the conclusion he thinks the average Joe is as stupid.

@sudind

10 күн бұрын

This is the only Donahue I've watched, never could've guessed. Damn.

This is back when you had actual adults exchanging ideas without screaming at each other. Amazing what one learns with a civil discussion.

This is what critical thinking, free will and individual sovereignty looks like

Whatever side you are on.....where the hell is TV (like this) today?

@katoom-ju6vo

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@AnthonyMonaghan

4 жыл бұрын

On KZread?

@marekctvrty

4 жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyMonaghan precisely, intelectual darkweb embodies this perfectly

@edwardhoulton8725

4 жыл бұрын

09rja I was just thinking that

@dang1861

4 жыл бұрын

We would rather watch The Goldbergs or Blackish

It amazes me how quickly Friedman responded. He never had to stop and think, but immediately had well reasoned explanations with examples on the tip of his tongue.

@madmartigan9442

Жыл бұрын

It’s easy when truth and facts are on your side. No contradictions will make responses and understanding easy.

@futurethinking

Жыл бұрын

@@madmartigan9442 One thing last 40 years show that he had never had facts on his side.

@ongobongo8333

Жыл бұрын

@@madmartigan9442 but he didn't, the last decades have proven him dead wrong. Keynes was correct.

@orthodoxedeter1657

10 ай бұрын

@@ongobongo8333 How so ? Because I’m pretty sure those last decades actually proved him right

@bicualexandru246

6 ай бұрын

@@ongobongo8333 Also quite curious how he was wrong ... the last few decades have been nothing more than corporations hand in hand with bigger and bigger government to make monopolies and restrict the economic freedom of the average individual.

“In any event, I’m not in favor of fairness, I’m in favor of freedom and freedom is not fairness. Fairness means somebody has to decide what is fair!” (37:18)

@FrankCoffman

3 жыл бұрын

"I'm not in favor of fairness." That's the essence of Friedman's heartless mentality -- his indifference to creating a more just society. Yes, "somebody has to decide what is fair." So? That's what we human beings have to do everyday. His attitude is incomprehensible, except to sociopaths.

@FrankCoffman

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonygonzales948~ What are you talking about? I didn't say everyone is equal. I'm not arguing for a utopian vision. Just fairness. I guess you're against fairness.

@FrankCoffman

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonygonzales948 ~ WTH? Take irrelevant, hateful, sociopathic rants somewhere else, please.

@acsiata

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrankCoffman Who decides what's fair or not and for who should things be fair ? Your notion of "fairness" reminds me of 2 wolfs and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. The wolfs surely think it's fair to eat the sheep and they also had a fair democratic vote on the matter. I find nothing more sociopathic then people wanting the power to decide for others.

@FrankCoffman

3 жыл бұрын

@@acsiata ... sigh...

Never gets tired listening to Milton Friedman 👍🏼

I have to say, this is the best antagonist interviewer I've ever seen. He throws hardball questions while remaining perfectly respectful and friendly to his guest. Bravo, sir! I wish we had more talk show hosts like yourself today. On another note, this is my first exposure to Milton Friedman, and I have to say why have I never heard of this man before!

@richardmilliken8705

Жыл бұрын

Anyone that took micro-economics 101 & macro-economics 102 in college, has heard of Milton Friedman & Thomas Sowell.

@MrsRanchoFiesta

Жыл бұрын

Phil Donahue was respectful, but still petty enough to withhold even polite chuckle at Friedman's funny anecdote about his name

@Junior-nt5nr

Жыл бұрын

​@@MrsRanchoFiesta I don't see why he should force a laugh if he didn't find it funny. How is that petty?

@stratolestele7611

Жыл бұрын

Donahue made many snarky and disrespectful comments to Dr. Friedman in his interviews with him.

@tuckerbugeater

Жыл бұрын

@@stratolestele7611 Oh well. Friedman blew a lot smoke and evangelized an economic doctrine that could never exist. Now we're stuck with a technocracy that's more powerful in manipulating the public than any government.

I'm amazed at how relevant what Dr. Friedman said in 1979 is today.

@Toxxaluvier

8 жыл бұрын

+Leno1971 You know when he said Chrysler should be allowed to go broke? My eyes popped. You mean this company has been receiving government welfare since the 70s? We need to divorce ourselves from this nanny approach to the market place where everyone gets a ribbon for trying. No subsidies, grants, stimulus etc. Level the playing ground and let us all compete instead of stealing someone else's money to reward failed businessmen.

@logmeindangit

5 жыл бұрын

Leno1971, Milton Friedman's underpinning logic is timeless, just as the 1850 book by Frederic Bastiat is still very relevant. Both relate to the human condition and how difficult it is to prevent tyranny, both financially and personally, when we organize to manage ourselves as a society. Government is a dangerous vehicle for managing a society, but the alternative, anarchy, is even more chaotic.

@Seaby41

5 жыл бұрын

Personally I'm terrified

@Malignus68

5 жыл бұрын

Forty years later and he's just as relevant today as he was then. Why? Because we didn't listen to him.

@netwonc

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, we did implement his programs and now we have a fascist economic system. Socialism for corporations and capitalism for the rest via legislation. MAGA

I never adhered to Mr. Donahue's perspective....but I always respected his ability to conduct an interview in a professional way. Today's hosts could take a lesson from Mr. Phil Donahue.

@AvidiaNirvana

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, those days are long gone! Sad to say I think the future is very dark indeed!....

@adolfcritler4299

7 жыл бұрын

I titally agree! The fundamental difference is this: modern tv hosts in general try to argue AGAINST their guests. But Donahue was great at presenting the host with questions, in answer to which the guest can argue by himself FOR his position. And not AGAINST the host.

@jdstarek

7 жыл бұрын

ice_hawk10 I agree 100%. There actually once was a time when people with opposing views could sit and discuss issues in a civil way. I also have the utmost respect for Phil...nobody has come close since (and I don't even agree with him).

@countchocula2169

7 жыл бұрын

jason starek he's trying to take control of the conversation the whole time. I don't respect him that much at all

@jdstarek

7 жыл бұрын

Count chocula Well, I can see your point. But I also like that Phil acts as the viewer at home. He's pleading the case that the viewer would make if they were there to speak with Mr. Friedman. Essentially, If Milton simply pontificates it falls on deaf ears. But if Phil attempts to debate him and ask the questions that less knowledgeable people would ask, Milton is presented the chance to persuade the viewer. I have no doubt that Phil doesn't agree with Milton, and likely wont be persuaded. But the viewer at home who might instinctively take Phil's stance (due in large part to focusing on intent rather than outcome) feels that their argument or stance is being presented. In this way I'd posit that Phil's antagonistic interviewing style actually did more to open viewers up to Milton's point of view. This, of course, only worked because Milton was afforded the respect and opportunity to fully present his argument and fully respond to questions. This would never happen today. Very few people today actually engage in debate. Mostly our media is a political circle-jerk designed to indoctrinate and misinform, or a cock-fight where people sling strawman arguments and ad hominems at each other for rating. You should check out the Rubin Report.

Friedman would be shouted down on college campuses today. How times have changed.

@WhatsTheTakeaway

17 күн бұрын

He was shouted down then. Remember, this was AFTER the 60s academic capture by communist lefties.

Powerful statement, saying, that ”you are often influenced by the people you hate more than anyone else”…that actually might be true!

“It’s becoming our master instead of our servant.”

Hats off of to Phill D. He had Milton on his Liberal show and gave him a fair interview.

@blaq7427

10 жыл бұрын

The good thing about Donahue is that while he was liberal he didn't try to brow beat you with liberal ideology like Bill Maher does with his show. Donahue simply conducted an objective interview. Donahue is sorely missed in this day and age of Jerry Springer and Maury Povitch

@marcphillips4593

10 жыл бұрын

Bill Maher is a very funny pain in the ass.

@cosmokramer1987

8 жыл бұрын

+SUPERSPORTS Donahue was the last of what real journalism and interviewing was.

@logmeindangit

5 жыл бұрын

Maher's ego, his condescension and foul mouth are to me like watching angry sewage. I can't enjoy humor from someone whose values and ideology are that far from mine.

@gocelinedion

5 жыл бұрын

The liberal talk show hosts today would never do that

We need about 10,000 Milton Friedman’s teaching in this country.

@alexguerrerobustamante4626

3 жыл бұрын

hola, desde Perú! Hernando De Soto Presidente 2021

@benchavis1624

3 жыл бұрын

What state university would hire them? Most professors are liberals. Conservative are discriminated against in state universities.

@srenheidegger4417

Жыл бұрын

Lol you're living in a neoliberal cesspit, basically the world friedman envisioned. It's lovely, isn't it?

@RaineriHakkarainen

5 ай бұрын

Milton Friedman his favourite country was Chile! Chile tried this free economy and now Chile is only 58th richest country in the world!

@fuzyfuzfuz2

Ай бұрын

Agreed!

I am not on the side of Donahue's political views (understatement) but he was a very decent and honorable man and I really appreciate these shows..

i like how he seems to smile when he knows hes making a good point.

@elgeneralxx

3 жыл бұрын

did you poop your pants scenario

@elgeneralxx

3 жыл бұрын

pooped toilet real estate agent

@elgeneralxx

3 жыл бұрын

in 1979 everybody had smelly urine

"You've got that wrong, dont you know that the best always comes last" brilliant. He is always so quick, never misses a beat.

@samanthagirikhanov2796

3 жыл бұрын

It was at that moment we knew Phil didn’t have a chance 😂

@seanleith5312

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think Ralph Nader is sincere. All democrats are the same, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Osama, even JFK, they all sing the same song they themselves don't even believe.

@tablogloid

2 жыл бұрын

That little intro book cove joke was cute but it was not spontaneous.

@divinegon4671

Жыл бұрын

@@tablogloid I can imagine too that he had that response locked and loaded

@Thingsandcosas

Жыл бұрын

Never Mises a beat…lol

I am as impressed by this man’s intellect as I am when hearing Beethoven’s music.

@PayNoTax-GetNoVote

4 жыл бұрын

Western civilization, not anarchist, jungle beats? How racist!

Notice something here. Just like media and academia of today, Donahue is a leftist/communist in his heart. But here he is having Friedman on his show. Treating him with respect while challenging him. Listening to him. I don't think I can identify a situation like this today.

@drewcohen8237

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly that is all too accurate.

@Ken-iu2zp

4 жыл бұрын

Donahue is not a communist. Lol. Stop exaggerating bro. Everyone who's a leftist isn't a communist. In fact, most leftist are not communist.

@crimmind

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ken-iu2zp Try reading my comment. The point was that Donahue was polite. Not that he was a leftist/communist.

@Ken-iu2zp

4 жыл бұрын

@@crimmind Are you alright in your head sir? You said Donahue is a "Communist in his heart". Are you alright?? You're not right in your head. I read your comment and cited back to you a statement from it. Rather than saying "Yes, I did say that" You as a grown man is sitting here saying You did not day that. You're too old to be playing word games like this.

@crimmind

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ken-iu2zp We are dealing in a matter of opinion. I see Donahue as a typical bleeding heart communist at heart. You don't. Fine with me.

He is one of the most brilliant minds to ever live in this planet.

@logmeindangit

5 жыл бұрын

Milton Friedman, not Phil Donahue. Just clarifying...

@tuirfghfhg1787

5 жыл бұрын

he is the god of greedy wannabe billionaires brainlets, what would I expect from them?

@carecup809

5 жыл бұрын

@Jay Paul He didn't say it was smart. It's an argument of principle. If you're not jeopardizing other people's lives by not using the seat belt then the Government shouldn't enact a law demanding people to use a seatbelt or having manufacturers forced to produce cars with seat belts. Sure we can argue whether or not a seat belt is a safety hazard for third parties but that's not he point.

@ExtrovertedCenobite

4 жыл бұрын

@Random Person Like Milton's philosophy regarding the 'shareholder theory' that today 2019 has been proven a failure and has allowed corporations to abuse their trust, become monopolies, destroy family businesses and abuse their workers? Nah, this midget clown was another of a long line of connivers.

@nathanc5621

4 жыл бұрын

@@ExtrovertedCenobite @ExtrovertedCenobite right, completely leaving out the goverment's role in destroying small business through force of law and subsidy. Friedman just said "Chrysler should be allowed to go broke" . Obama was a corporatist POS. Milton would not be in favor of that at all. Corporatism is not Free Market capitalism. Try again.

Milton Friedman died in 2006. I miss him dearly.

@frankhenry587

5 жыл бұрын

You can find him anytime you want. Just GO TO HELL

@nathanc5621

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankhenry587 keep up the hateful talk. The smart people need leftist buffoons by the millions to keep the massive unintelligence at bay.

@nathanc5621

4 жыл бұрын

@BAA4002 English/Español yeah, Frannie and Freddie caused it .. once again government involved.

@frankhenry587

4 жыл бұрын

@@nathanc5621 and when capitalism collapses whatcha gonna do??? Already in Denmark the interest rates for mortgages is in negative territory ie the banks pay you to take out a mortgage. amerikkka isn't far behind with mortgage rates at like 3 percent

@nathanc5621

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankhenry587 Thank you for making my point for me. Nothing. Do nothing,other than encourage growth, charity,and lift ad much regulation as humanly possible. Let things fail to give birth to the new. The Phoenix from the ashes. The Danes are idealized on both sides of the aisle for being precisely the model of what not to do. Ironically perfect example.The murdering of innovation, personal achievement, replacing it with a massive welfare state that will crumble far surer and with greater lengths of time to recover than true free markets. Why do you think the US is atop of the world still? Don't tell me, greed right? Or maybe resources as one naive college student told me? Is it just a coincidence that the world's millionaires come out of the US over 70% of the time? These are new millionaires mind you, over 8 million of the 10 million come from brand new wealth. It's been that way for the last 2 centuries. It's still the least regulated economy relative to others in the 1st world.

When I hear Milton Friedman speak, it's like music to my ears.

Milton Friedman is the most fascinating human being I've ever heard. He is my hero.

@excellenceinanimation960

4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@norcalreppin1

4 жыл бұрын

Him and sowell. My mentors heros idols

@dang1861

4 жыл бұрын

@@norcalreppin1 Mine, too, and my liberal friends don't know what to say when I tell them that as a Republican, I have a black man as one of my heroes.

@norcalreppin1

4 жыл бұрын

@@dang1861 tell them republicans freed the slaves. Fredrick douglas was a republican, first black congressman was a republican! Majority of the kkk in goverment where Democrats. Look up kkk in goverment on wikipedia. Use that against them!

@barryweiss9977

3 жыл бұрын

exactly

Genius - we miss Dr Friedman today badly

I really enjoyed the interview. These were my favorite parts: 17:05 “You’re not talking in terms of what the consumer really wants as judged by what he’s willing to pay for, you’re talking in terms of what you think he ought to want” 22:57 “One of the problems of our society is that by having all responsibility assigned to the government we have removed the pressure on individuals to be responsible for themselves” 32:46 “When you’re part of a team, and the team decides on something you don’t agree with, you either go along with it or you quit. I would rather stay on the outside where I can express my own views” 37:18 “I’m not in favor of fairness. I’m in favor of freedom. Freedom is not fairness. Fairness means somebody has to decide what’s fair”

One thing I love about Friedman is that he explains ideas so simply that helps me personally understand his ideology, and think how I never did before.

@joshhernandez6974

2 жыл бұрын

He was a genius. He said companies should be allowed to go broke. We bailed out banks in the late 2000s crisis and now there is another huge housing bubble and a market bubble in general ready to burst. If companies know they are too big to fail where is the incentive to be responsible ? Companies and banks need to fail and learn from it

Just bought Free to Choose a few days ago and am loving it so far. So succinct, so clear, so sensible. Every high school and/or college student should read it

@edwardschlosser1

Жыл бұрын

I read Capitalism and Freedom in 11th grade in 1978. Free to Choose was a PBS special that was turned into a book around 1980/81. Read those 2 books and you understand economics better than any politician today.

@richardbas7574

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardschlosser1 100%. Best economic books ever written. And far more than simply economics.

@zacoolm

Жыл бұрын

Does it natter to what your freedom to choose is doing to humanity outside the usa is doing? What does it mean to you that the average family pays 45% of its income to banks or landlords? Milton Friedman was an evil man appointed by the ruling class.

@1who4me

Жыл бұрын

You need to read Thomas Sowell too

@sidhu139

Жыл бұрын

what about 3rd graders?

man i am so smitten by milton. he makes me feel like i understand issues that i didn't before. i freaking love this guy, its so fascinating b/c his ideas go against instinct, but once he explains them they make so much sense !

@jminnehan

6 жыл бұрын

I am with you. I watch Milton videos non-stop. Very very smart and the best teacher I have ever heard lecture. When I watch his talk at Hillsdale just months before he died I cry.

@barryweiss9977

3 жыл бұрын

@@jminnehan same. I listen to him the way people listen to music

@freegeorgia4808

Жыл бұрын

It's intuitive as well. His points on inflation are relevant today.

"Obviously too much GOVT" - 1979 "HOLD MY BEER!!!" - 2021

@thomasbarchen

10 ай бұрын

Hold my Bud Light 2023

@danhammond8406

Күн бұрын

2024- hold my keg.....

One of Milton's students was a young Thomas Sowell, another great.

@phoenixrising4073

3 жыл бұрын

I love Sowell. It's amazing to see a former Marxist convert into someone who believes free market principles (as anyone should.)

@newwavex8665

3 жыл бұрын

Both started out as marxists, but then started looking at a empirical data.

@travisn2875

3 жыл бұрын

Amen. Thomas Sowell rocks and I've learned so much of him. On a related note, RIP Walter Williams.

@oskaveli662

3 жыл бұрын

What's incredible is Sowell left Friedmans course still a Marxist, it wasn't until he actually worked in the government that he realized how wrong he was.

Freedom is not about fairness or especially anyone's feelings. Life is what you make of it, not what you get out of it for free.

@dsvet

4 жыл бұрын

Why Economic Freedom? Here's Why kzread.info/dash/bejne/hqKHlLGtqra6oZM.html

@Individual_Lives_Matter

3 жыл бұрын

And adversity is not oppression. The far left thinks it is.

@oldschool250

3 жыл бұрын

@@Individual_Lives_Matter Of course because they were taught " what to think " not " how to think. "

What an absolute class act and a pleasant person Milton Friedman was! I'm always mesmerized by the way he speaks :)

A few minutès listening .. and I respect him greatly already. He is pure professionalism, kindness and integrity .. you can feel it.

@loripower7819

8 ай бұрын

And all based on solid principles.

Wow the respect from don even though he disagreed. A pro. Asked some questions so Milton could explain his position. Asked some tough questions to challenge his thinking like he should. Overall a great show. Our “journalist” of today or moderators should take note. And that’s ducking sad

No matter how many times I watch this, all I can do is think to myself what a legendary Economist Dr. Friedman was. The breadth and knowledge of his expertise was simply unparalleled!

Wish Mr Friedman was still alive today! What a brilliant human being!

I am surprised this has not been banned by KZread for hate speech... what a fine human being Dr. Friedman was.

@georgesykes394

Жыл бұрын

Give it 6 months!

@theQuestion626

Жыл бұрын

Why would it be banned…? Always enjoy watching Friedman fall on his face with rhetoric and dogma instead of actual concrete analysis while he masquerades as an actual scientist.

@ronnieedwards5550

Жыл бұрын

Please explain where Friedman falls on his face.

@theQuestion626

Жыл бұрын

@@ronnieedwards5550 at no point in his rhetoric-filled, ideology driven diatribe does he even remotely answer the question nor does he back up what he says with anything resembling proof. I’m sure you can clarify what I’m missing, Ronnie…?

@waynemizer4912

Жыл бұрын

@@theQuestion626 Did you even listen to the same interview?

He’s probably my favourite scholar from the 20th century. Minds like this rarely come along.

Mr Freedman has a very good understanding of human nature, which affects every system we have or tried to build.

@frankvonfrauner

Жыл бұрын

Because he's honest about his own motivations and doesn't pretend like he's one of these angels that we need to run all the Socialist states. He's a dangerous man, and he's letting everyone know he's not the only one.

This dude is a fucking genius

I can’t believe there was a time when a conversation like this even happened. Amazing.

@PayNoTax-GetNoVote

4 жыл бұрын

The Left and their cohorts in the media won't allow it. They must shout down any opposition. Talk like this MAY open their minds.

@rokyericksonroks

4 жыл бұрын

As the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos can buy anything he wants. He bought The Washington Post.

I wish we had old school liberals like Donahue. These were real conversations , that really mattered

What a brilliant man Professor Friedman...way ahead of his time...timeless wisdom and so humble...just live him

40 years ago, and he's as topical, and as accurate, as he was then.

@tubester4567

Жыл бұрын

He would have a heart attack if he was alive in 2008 when the government bailed out everyone from Wall Street to Auto companies, and gave everyone stimulus checks. lol

It is so nice to be taken back to a time when an audience was so respectful of viewpoints that they didn't necessarily agree with. Today people would be screaming, blowing whistles, rushing the stage and throwing things at the speaker. Civilization was a great thing.

@wwc51450

Жыл бұрын

Then along came the "Woke" movement, otherwise known as the "progressive" movement or the political left. What's next? Authoritarianism or totalitarianism?

Freedom is not fairness, and fairness is not freedom, for someone has to decide whats fair..........✌🏽

I never get tired of Milton Friedman

This interview could almost have been had verbatim yesterday (with the exception of the the airlines and President Carter). We still haven't learned.

@chemtrooper1

3 жыл бұрын

6 years later from your comment and this man is a prophet.

Phil did a great job with professor Friedman! He was very fair to him. I was pleasantly surprised. Credit where it’s due.

One of the greatest minds to ever walked this planet.

@rokyericksonroks

4 жыл бұрын

Manu Che N. Sure, Phil Donahue was a nice guy, but you go too far.

I watched this in 79 i was 13 and have always remembered some of the stuff he says....too bad nobody listened and now we are efffed

Lmao Main Man Milton. Love how he comes out at 00:42 with the corny theme, his hair all disheveled just not giving a fuck. Smh what a fucking boss.

@jamaaldaynitelong8367

8 жыл бұрын

That's the confidence of knowing you're the smartest man in the room.

@AvidiaNirvana

7 жыл бұрын

Wish we had more like him today....

“It’s your responsibility” pretty much sums it up. Get your hand out of my pocket !!!

@williammitchell8247

4 жыл бұрын

The pure disgust on her face when he said it was her responsibility to raise her child. She is probably one of the people who pushed for agencies like the DCFS.

Milton Friedman has such a dynamic, principled mind. I love listening to him talk.

Oh my God! Love love love Milton Friedman!

I LOVE MILTON FRIEDMAN!! He is AWESOME!

This was when Television was good. I miss the good ole days.

Friedman was an amazing man. This in the days when a host had a conversation with their guest.

Brilliant beyond words!

Hammering the fairness doctrine at around the 36:00 mark. Absolutely brilliant with crystal clear vision. Where has this sound reasoning gone in politics today?

@latinxl416

8 жыл бұрын

+RustyHeels06 Economics and politics don't mix. Hell, even Thomas Sowell, another noted economist has stated that governments rarely pay attention to what economists say or think. It's the classic thinking that government knows best even when it clearly doesn't.

@SSs-ch4ey

8 жыл бұрын

Government is about power not doing right by the public

@RatatRatR

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how you guys miss the fact that virtually everything the government does is to please the billionaire businessmen that grease their wheels and fund their election campaigns.

I'm 35. No tattoos on my body. Yet. Milton Friedman, you're getting inked on my left arm boi!

@carbinepeepoo

4 жыл бұрын

ayyyoooo

@peppyblonde12

4 жыл бұрын

I had the same idea. I love this man

@dsvet

4 жыл бұрын

Murray Rothbard would be better

@American_Liberty

4 жыл бұрын

@@dsvet they are both worthy.

@tracyleighbasham

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Wow and this is in 1979 Oh to have those years back, I was 21.

Milton Friedman is so charming.

Too much government in 1979...wow

@BKrandy0

6 жыл бұрын

Too much government always.

@SkillUpMobileGaming

5 жыл бұрын

Friedman would end up doing years in therapy if he were here today to see how horribly we have fallen as a nation.

@SkillUpMobileGaming

5 жыл бұрын

+rxp56 The Left has changed so much since the very early 2000s, and you can not deny this. They have now openly supported Communist and Authoritarianist policies at rates so much greater than the earlier 2000s. Utopian Ideas such as "equality", "redistribution of wealth", "tax the rich", "gun control", and so many others have increased supply. Neo-Marxism has become popular. The Schools and News Media have become much more left-leaning.

@patrooney88

5 жыл бұрын

SkillUp Gaming not even remotely true. None of the legacy media is left leaning.

@ProlificThreadworm

5 жыл бұрын

@@patrooney88 look who gets demonised on cnn, deplatformed by patreon and social media.

23:15 - Damn, Friedman was waaaay ahead of his time.

Freedom is not fairness. This is to be paused and let sink in. This man has a lot of wisdom. Why have we learned so little since 1979? Last question from caller was the best!

Never heard of Mr. Friedman before but this guy is measured and SMOOTH!

Thank you, Patrick Bet David and Valutainment (Episode 59) for introducing me to Milton Friedman.

@amechiamechi6415

3 жыл бұрын

Meeeee!!!!!

I come back here time to time for such wisdom.

More people should watch this.

Donahue may have been a liberal, but he was a nice man. Today leftists wouldn't let Milton on their show if he paid them.

@agricolaregs

4 жыл бұрын

Scott M like most leftists, you can tell Donahue hasn’t ever really even thought of these things, but I agree, he was a nice guy.

@paulcolburn3855

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly right, they would NEVER allow people like him on their show. It would be a non-starter.

@jamesanthony5681

4 жыл бұрын

"Donahue may have been a liberal, but he was a nice man."? The two are not mutually exclusive. It IS possible.

@donaldthesavage1288

4 жыл бұрын

James Anthony Right, he’s just contrasting Donahue to modern liberals.

@nandosupes5858

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a libertarian, Donahue does a great job here even when I don't agree with his political views. Unfortunately we don't have this grade of television anymore.

Milton Friedman was a exeedenly carismatic man. How we miss him!

The Solutions to the Government is it's Citizens. Milton Friedman

That Donahue intro was 🔥

@elgeneralxx

3 жыл бұрын

GO TO POOP YO PANTS BIG MOMMA

This should be required viewing in every high school in America.

I love freedom and responsibility and do admire this man's principles so much.

I was just a kid when Donahue was on, but looking back I can see he was way ahead of anything that has come since, except Jon Stewart. He listened and when he challenged it was rationaly based. If more people, left and right, were like these two we might get somewhere.

@chica476

10 жыл бұрын

This is in general of televised interviews. Just look up William F Buckley's interview with Thomas Sowell. In it, there's a feminist lawyer and a self-proclaimed socialist. They all get on well enough, except for the self-proclaimed socialist who seemed intent on rhetoric rather than dialogue. Search for it on YT, you'd be surpised how civil everything is.

@Halfsteptheory

9 жыл бұрын

John Stewart is a comedian, and he regularly bashes people from one side of the aisle, while throwing softball questions to the other side. I would like to see someone who treats both sides the same, but sadly there are none in the media today.

@TheRatesMusic

9 жыл бұрын

Stewart has a left bias, sure. So did Donahue. But he's less prone to exageration, hyperbole and taking things out of context - he roots for a side but he doesn't try to help them IMO

@Halfsteptheory

9 жыл бұрын

If that's your opinion, you're either on the same side he is on, or you're not paying attention to his show. I will give him credit for taking a tougher stance on liberals over the last year or so, but before that, he was a complete suck up to them and only had bad things to say about the other side.

@TheRatesMusic

9 жыл бұрын

wingchisao I'm not on any side, maybe that means I can be more objective about it.

"Well fortunately, one of the great fortunes of being a college professor is to say what you believe." Oh, how times have changed.

Who could debate like Milton Friendman, be sooooooo well versed about most subjects, challenge both the question and then argument, and then still show respect to his contendants, event after having left them with poor and nosense arguments…

Frustrating to see Donahue and even most of the audience be on the other side of Friedman on most of these issues, and 40 years later nothing has changed. It's insanity, Einstein defined it as such.

@Catcrumbs

2 жыл бұрын

No he didn't.

@jamesanthony5681

Жыл бұрын

Donahue is a journalist. He's challenging Friedman on what he's written and what he believes, playing devil's advocate like any good journalist. He's not there to be a cheerleader or sycophant.

@tellmemoreplease9231

Жыл бұрын

@@Catcrumbs Yes he did... Just one example, We now have hundreds of gun laws (federal and state) on the books, and nothing has changed. Maybe worse. 99.999% of the population are law abiding citizens, burdened by all this BS. Doing the same thing (and more) and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity.

@Catcrumbs

Жыл бұрын

@@tellmemoreplease9231 No he didn't. If he did, you would have replied with a source demonstrating that, but you didn't, because he didn't…

There should be a mandatory Milton Friedman hour in every public school in America. Oh, the irony!

@johngrey1074

5 жыл бұрын

Seat belt laws have actually been proven through studies to be completely inefficient due to moral hazard. When people wear seatbelts, they drive more recklessly - thereby counteracting any safety benefit that wearing a seatbelt would have had in the first place. Seat belt laws only exist to make people feel good; they don’t actually serve the public interest. I disagree with Friedman on some things, but this is something that’s really not a matter of serious dispute.

He is soooo smart. Love it :)

This was great! I remember watching Donahue every day after school, for interviews just like this one and then Oprah came and ruined everything.

Uploaded over 5 years ago and only 68,869 have viewed it. The lack of curiosity or awareness of a leader in economics and its application to our present lives is pathetic and telling.

@peterdarlington4117

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Slater I have never heard of him until now I just happened across the video there are a lot of people out there saying the same things now that he was saying then the problem is ignorance is blissAnd we have a whole society that acts upon emotion rather than logic and reasoning

@xallthatremains8339

4 жыл бұрын

It's one of the major reasons why America is in so much trouble right now. Not only from a complete lack of interest in the important information displayed in this video but a lack of economic and financial education as a whole

@AndyNg415

4 жыл бұрын

Over 10 years now and it’s sitting at just under 300k. Perhaps at the beginning of the period it was primarily a lack of curiosity/awareness. I wonder now how much that has been exacerbated by a concerted effort by leftist media and companies like google (with loaded algorithms) deliberately driving the viewers away. At the time of this writing, I am floored by now numb the populace is at large. With access to the greatest minds and the greatest technological advances ever created, instead of asking why things are the way they are now, people choose cat videos and the latest booty-shaking videos. I believe we are headed for war. Regardless of outcome, I believe the 2020 election results will be used as an impetus for violence. That is why now in 2019 there is the frantic scramble to disarm the people. Never mind single motherhood rates, psychoactive drug usage or mental health epidemics - the guns must be the problem.

@x1x2x125

4 жыл бұрын

Its the yt algorithm duude

@MagicTaco27

4 жыл бұрын

Sourjyo Deb KZread wants to dumb us down with their algorithm

Cracks me up watching Donahue trying get over on Milton Friedman.

what an honest, direct and at times blunt discussion. like a breath of fresh air. imagine anyone having anything remotely close to this on CNN or FOXNEWS today? we're on fast track to idiocracy

he is so smart. so good to listen and ahead of his time.

Jesus, Donahue is nuts! I didn't think so back then but now that I watch it some 40 years later, my lord, Donahue is so very predisposed!!!

Woman back then had 4 children and were still gorgeous.

In case you didn’t see it in the first couple minutes the show is called Donahue. It would have been hard to miss.

Professor Friedman was a great political economic philosopher communicator, one of the finest technical economist of 20 the century. But he was also a great showman As an example notice the pause after he says ' great deal of difference between giving advise and having it taken' he waits for a response before revealing the thought fully.

Right around the 33:30 mark, he talks about how we cannot quickly get out of a mess that took us years to get ourselves into. Not only do I think he's spot-on right, but it is for this very reason why I don't think we can ever get ourselves out of the mess we find ourselves in today. First, because people in general simply do not have the patience to endure a long-term plan. Second, people in general don't like pain, and the solutions are going to be painful. Especially since the pain would last a long time. Third, because there are always competing visions for how things should look, and those who came up with the good, painful plan to get out of this mess cannot stay in power forever. Unless there is a massive and major change in the attitudes of the people, I cannot see any reason to believe that we will change the course we are on, which eventually will lead us over the cliff. I hope I'm wrong.

What the hell happened to talk shows?! If they were like this I'd watch daily..

Seeing Phil get put in his place like a child was great. Instead of him shouting one liners and having the audience clapping at it.

@rokyericksonroks

4 жыл бұрын

The Sex Pistols were big in 1979. He wasn’t interviewing Johnny Rotten, he had a Nobel Laureate in economics as guest.

@Redmenace96

4 жыл бұрын

Are you thinking of Oprah, or Dr. Phil?? Phil asks dumb questions on purpose, so the audience can feel better. Milton answered his questions, dumb or otherwise, with honesty and candor. I'm not sure how that makes Phil D a 'child'?

@BigEvan96

4 жыл бұрын

@@Redmenace96 You can just see how frustrated Donahue is when he can't think of a "gotcha" comeback when Friedman easily answers and refutes all questions and claims.

@RatatRatR

4 жыл бұрын

Friedman fans often seem to take Friedman's reiterations of his opinions as though they were knockout refutations of all opposing viewpoints.

@BigEvan96

4 жыл бұрын

@@RatatRatR they are though 😂

His economic concepts are universal, constant and eternal.