FILE ON MILTON FRIEDMANPerson

Milton Friedman

the zones can be used for many different political projects1. Milton Friedman was enamored with Hong Kong in the late 1970s2.

2 SOURCES · 3 DOCUMENTED FACTS · 1 DISPUTED · OPENED 2026-07-26 · UPDATED 2026-07-26
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the zones can be used for many different political projects

Quinn Slobodian on New Fusionism, Libertarian Eugenics, and
“the zone is relatively ideologically neutral”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

Milton Friedman was enamored with Hong Kong in the late 1970s

Quinn Slobodian on New Fusionism, Libertarian Eugenics, and
“someone like Milton Friedman, the hero of the Chicago School, was so enamored with Hong Kong in the late 1970s”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

Milton Friedman was enamored with Hong Kong in the late 1970s

Quinn Slobodian on New Fusionism, Libertarian Eugenics, and
“someone like Milton Friedman, the hero of the Chicago School, was so enamored with Hong Kong in the late 1970s”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →

These are things people say about Milton Friedman that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

Disputed
"the proliferation of special economic zones offers a new lens to understand actually existing global capitalism"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Quinn Slobodian on New Fusionism, Libertarian Eugenics, and ↗