Free To Choose 1980 - Vol. 08 Who Protects the Worker? - Full Video

Unions sometimes protect some workers - their members - but usually at the expense of other workers. Government protects its employees and special groups of workers at the expense of other workers. Both unions and government restrict freedom. Friedman explains how the competition of employers for the talents of workers leads to the highest wages and best working conditions. Discussion Participants: Robert McKenzie, Moderator; Milton Friedman; Lynn Williams, International Secretary, United Steel Workers of America; Walter Williams, Professor of Economics, Temple University; Ernest Green, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.; William H. Brady, President, W. H. Brady Co.
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[@ljsmithwv]

R.I.P Walter E. Williams

[@AvailableUsername69]

Wow, people with opposing views in the 80's had intelligent debates without having to resort to insults!

[@chrisbabbitt4202]

Exactly what I have been thinking the whole series. What happened?

[@onekerri1]

@@chrisbabbitt4202 We've been invaded by foreigners for centuries. I'm talking about the English, Brits, etc, all here to change our laws ever since we through them out on they azz.

[@TheTektronik]

Free market capitalism may not be perfect but it works and it's the best system ever known to man for centuries.

[@SJM6791]

This might have been the most spirited debate in this shows history. When I was a much younger man, I was on the side of the Union. I bought into that ideology 100%. I have since changed my mind and become much more of a free market capitalist. Now don’t misunderstand me. I’m a supporter of workers having a right to form a union. I think unions have, in our countries history, done a lot of good for workers. However, they’ve also done a lot of things that have hurt the very people that they represent.

[@ludwigbeethoven3119]

Yup gotta look at the individuals. Recently got a nasty flyer from my fruit cannery employer who is on the union board, saying nasty things about another union member running, union infighting politics can get nasty!

[@Silentfire77]

Why was this never shown in grade school? These are amazing overviews. Hearing the top arguments from each respective group and so many perspectives with direct, respectful responses is almost unheard of.

[@riyadhf1rdausehh]

for the entire video friedman was telling people that the sky is blue.. leaf is green.. and sun is yellow but everyone else seems to picture things as what they feel great.

[@gianfrancobenetti-longhini8192]

After completing high school I thought that I would enjoy a deserved vacation, but not my father who during my schooling started several companies, and he made me do manual work with the pick and shovel crew for one month, saying that if by then I was not as good or better than the employees, I would earn one more month of the same. After one month I had to start learning how to operate all the construction equipment with the same conditions. Finished this, I learned bricklaying followed by carpentry .... so on and on. Eventually I started supervising crews, and when an employee did not perform his mansions correctly, I had no problem showing him what to do. When, after 6 years, I left our country, to go to another one for university, attaining top scores in Civil Engineering and Computer Science, I remained there directing many projects, and when a supervisor said that what I had instructed to be done was not possible, I climbed on the excavator and proceeded to execute what I had instructed. Having lost face, he resigned ..... I had no more problems after that with other employees, who had in fact cheered the outcome, and the Union that had backed the supervisor lost out. Wherever I went, I worked to my maximum, considering that the health of the company is important for all employees, thus assuring their jobs, as long as the company remained active. The Unions only want "fees" from workers, without themselves having to work.

[@darkiusdark5452]

43:12 that laugh is brutal

[@fredcdobbs823]

"Quiet! This is a library...!"

[@barairey]

Youre Free to choose speech....but 6 inch voices please(!) LMHO

[@saltymonke3682]

Friedman is right again on US medical association, we're low on doctors during this pandemic.

[@mattbutler458]

Spartanburg and South Carolina as a whole remains business friendly to this day... BMW, Michelin, Adidas and many more have operations here. Also, last I heard, Boeing was attempting to move some operations to Charleston from Washington state.

[@MrMajani]

I would have much liked to have Friedman rebut to the point of people's right to assemble in a democratic society. I wish these sorts of debates could be reignited in the KZbin era where time isn't a restriction

[@ludwigbeethoven3119]

Rothbard said the right to assemble but only on private property. The idea of public/government property is confusing, we the taxpayers own the the property collectively? Murray N. Rothbard was Friedman on steroids lol

[@nickelcitybear]

It’s comforting to know that sincerity was an overrated virtue in 1980 too

[@joanallisonkica739]

Medicine and medical doctors have been socialized.

[@Cleisthenes2]

4:07 Obviously the original text

[@YourBestFriendforToday]

The union boss was lying and i think he knew it. People were leaving the union and had been for a while by the early 80's.

[@ludwigbeethoven3119]

Today's debates-Memes and YT comments? That's how we do it...not really long format debates would be good. Lets see how the presidential debates go

[@onekerri1]

20:50 back when Border Patrol did its job. Ya know, the good ole days.

[@mayelonrajanathan9631]

40:00

[@joanallisonkica739]

Watch Atlas shrugged!

[@ghirardellichocolate201]

Selenium shall not be prescribes and is over the counter medicine?

[@lendavidhart9710]

Cant get fired or hired..... i tried getting hired

[@ghirardellichocolate201]

When we say accidents happen, Government says, we will ensure they don't, by eliminating the chances. They understand that all it takes is one accident to disable or kill somebody. When you hire too few employees that work longer hours to accomplish the same task, you are increasing the chances of accidents. A heart surgeon performing a surgery that lasts eight hours has higher chances to make a mistake. So, hours matter! #Margarin

[@joanallisonkica739]

new word order buzz sprout

[@TheWhitehiker]

British spelling of 'labor' in the captions?

[@joanallisonkica739]

Democratic= two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for lunch.