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Free To Choose Network Building support for personal, economic, and political freedom with entertaining media.

Free To Choose® Network is a global media 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that brought you Milton Friedman’s original 1980 10-part television series, Free To Choose. It continues to use accessible and entertaining media to build popular support for capitalism as well as personal and political freedom.

06/30/2025

“The market permits cooperation without conformity” - Milton Friedman explains why this simple principle is the key to social stability.

Happy 95th Birthday to Thomas Sowell!For decades, Dr. Sowell has been making complex economic ideas crystal clear for mi...
06/30/2025

Happy 95th Birthday to Thomas Sowell!

For decades, Dr. Sowell has been making complex economic ideas crystal clear for millions of readers. From his groundbreaking work on culture and economics to his masterful Basic Economics, he's shown us how free markets don't just create wealth—they create opportunity for everyone willing to work for it.

Milton Friedman once said his former student had "an unusual combination of academic excellence and practical wisdom." At 95, that wisdom continues to illuminate why freedom works and why it matters.

Here's to one of our greatest economic storytellers!

06/27/2025

The most powerful diplomatic tool isn't found in any embassy or treaty room—it's in your local marketplace. When people are free to trade with each other across borders, they're too busy creating prosperity to wage wars.

Think about it: Every voluntary exchange creates a relationship. Every business partnership builds understanding. Every trade agreement between individuals makes government conflicts less likely.

Milton Friedman understood that economic freedom and world peace aren't separate goals—they're two sides of the same coin. The freer people are to cooperate economically, the less reason governments have to fight.

What could your business or community gain from fewer trade barriers?

06/26/2025

“Money’s the easy part” – Johan Norberg and Charles Murray on why human flourishing should be the real goal. A short clip from our 2017 documentary, Work & Happiness.

"The corporation is greedy.""Capitalism is exploitative and racist.""Government wastes money."But here's the thing: none...
06/26/2025

"The corporation is greedy."

"Capitalism is exploitative and racist."

"Government wastes money."

But here's the thing: none of these entities can actually do anything.

Only individuals act. Only individuals make choices. And once you understand this simple truth, everything about economics—and policy solutions—starts making more sense.

Our latest blog post explores why this insight changes everything about how we think about problems and their solutions. Read more here: https://blog.freetochoosenetwork.org/2025/06/youre-thinking-about-the-system-incorrectly/

06/24/2025

Identity isn't just personal—it's economic.

Harvard economist Roland Fryer examines how our self-perception influences everything from our career paths to our social interactions. And given the importance of identity, shouldn't the way we structure certain environments and institutions—from education and mental healthcare to career reskilling—take identity into account?

Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMzxVHaV1Qo

06/23/2025

"It’s not social and it’s not security." How might two people who pay the same Social Security taxes get completely different benefits? Milton Friedman explains the 'fiction' behind the system and what's really happening with your payroll deductions.

06/20/2025

Even the greatest minds can be wonderfully wrong about what's possible.

Adam Smith thought free trade in Britain was as likely as finding Atlantis. 70 years later, Britain proved him spectacularly wrong and became the world's economic powerhouse because of it.

Sometimes the "impossible" is just waiting for the right moment to become inevitable.

Today’s podcast is titled “Examining Income Inequality in America.”Recorded in 2007, Dennis McCuistion, former Clinical ...
06/19/2025

Today’s podcast is titled “Examining Income Inequality in America.”

Recorded in 2007, Dennis McCuistion, former Clinical Professor of Corporate Governance and Executive Director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Dallas, Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and professor at UC Berkeley, and Byron Schlomach, chief economist for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, discuss income inequality and the American middle class.

Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast. https://blog.freetochoosenetwork.org/podcast/episode-243-examining-income-inequality-in-america-podcast/

06/19/2025

The Declaration of Independence contains what may be the most complete and compact description of democracy ever written. In just one powerful sentence, it defines both the rights of citizens and the responsibilities of government. These words didn't just inspire a revolution—they've guided freedom movements around the world for nearly 250 years.

What makes these words so enduring? Watch "We Hold These Truths" to hear why this single sentence remains the gold standard for understanding the relationship between people and their government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc2Ij8NhP2E&list=PLTplBPPoWdX1F1WjRdc_hj9m9am0BJcoL&index=5

What if your procrastination is actually a business superpower?Organizational psychologist Adam Grant passed on investin...
06/19/2025

What if your procrastination is actually a business superpower?

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant passed on investing in Warby Parker—a billion-dollar company—because he misjudged the founders' delay as weakness instead of recognizing it as their creative advantage.

New research shows moderate procrastinators consistently outperform both immediate action-takers and chronic delayers. Sometimes the best business opportunity isn't the one you seize immediately.

Read how strategic delay might transform your approach to business decisions. https://blog.freetochoosenetwork.org/2025/06/why-procrastination-might-be-your-secret-weapon-in-business/

06/17/2025

F.A. Hayek on what's essential for living in an open and free society: holding everyone — even strangers — to certain minimal, common, and basic rules that we all know and follow.

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