Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman believes that the only way to limit coercion and allow people to "cooperate together voluntarily" is through the free market. He believes that the government should be limited in what it should "own" but that private property is so "central to freedom". Each individual should own their own property and no one should allow the government decide what to do with the money or property that is not theirs. private property according to Friedman is not theft. Each person has "knowledge" to decide what they want to do with their property.

No one manages something well that does not belong to you. For example, if you find $100 on the floor, it is more likely you will spend it faster and on unnecessary things than if you had to work for those $100 because they were not yours in the first place so it doesn't matter what you do with them.

I read an article on Fox News.com that talks about a 'worm' known as the "Code Red" that affected many companies in 2001. Some companies and buildings were forced to shut down all web sites to protect from the attack. What would Friedman think about this? I think Friedman would say that the Internet should be privatized and that the government should have no say in what happens to these sites. The problem is that the Internet is widely used and companies profit out of the Internet. The Internet has made it more difficult for the government to take control; for example in the collection of taxes. The Internet will cause a reduction in the role the government plays which is good according to Friedman. Plus, everyone benefits from the Internet. Companies and businesses provide and sell Antivirus to protect from any attacks at a cost which benefits their profits.

Each person puts their own knowledge and what they know on the web and of course get credit for their work. Jobs, entertainment, and other resources are available through the Internet which allows us the freedom to make use of it. Yes the attacks harm our devises yet each individual should protect what is theirs because that which is yours you protect and that which is not yours you care less.