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Milton Friedman
economist · 5 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Friedman anchors a lineage of free-market economic thought that underpins cyberlibertarian ideology, where government intervention is characterized as inherently tyrannical and markets are treated as neutral, depoliticized mechanisms. His productivity theory of wages—cited to argue that technology automatically raises worker compensation—becomes a key rhetorical tool in readings that critique how right-wing discourse naturalizes technological change and capital concentration while obscuring questions of power. The course uses Friedman's intellectual legacy to trace how economic doctrine gets embedded in contemporary arguments about Bitcoin, AI, and technological inevitability.
Mentioned in 2 readings
We believe a market sets wages as a function of the marginal productivity of the worker. Therefore technology – which raises productivity – drives wages up, not down. This is perhaps the most counterintuitive idea in all of economics, but i…Milton Friedman
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