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Very few people spend other people's money as carefully as they spend their own.

Milton Friedman

1975

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Moral hazard Government spending Economics Government Political theory

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Interview TV program

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1975

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Milton Friedman

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The Open Mind. Interview with Milton Friedman. Hosted by Richard Heffner. The Open Mind Legacy Project. National Educational Telecommunications Association, PBS, 7 Dec. 1975, www.YouTube.com/watch?v=k2Kg2SvsI8Q

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