{"id":785,"date":"2003-10-23T01:02:29","date_gmt":"2003-10-23T07:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photomatt.net\/2003\/10\/23\/blogging-the-milt-friedman-conference\/"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"blogging-the-milt-friedman-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2003\/10\/blogging-the-milt-friedman-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging the Milt Friedman Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew I kept the economics category around for a good reason. Tonight through Friday I’m going to be in Dallas because I was invited to the “Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman’s Free to Choose<\/cite><\/a>” conference here at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. Internet access during the conference is probably not going to happen, as it’s unlikely I’ll be able catch anything wireless or just plug into the wall somewhere, so I can’t promise live-blogging of the sessions, but I can pick up a few access points here where I’m staying so I’ll try to catch up every night. I’m very excited about the oppurtunity to meet Milton Friedman, who was very influential in my early studies. His influence is undeniable, and I’m honored to be here.<\/p>\n

The drive was long but in good company with my old friend Iram in the passenger seat. We discussed a lot of current issues, Plato’s Republic<\/cite> which she is also studying, and how our economic viewpoints have changed in the two years since we won the Houston and district-level Fed Challenge competition. I dropped her and her mother at their relative’s house, and made my way back by the Bank where Scott Roman, my former teacher\/coach and now head of education for the Dallas Fed, lives and also where I’m crashing. It was a little tricky getting here, but now that I am the exhastion from the drive is starting to catch up with me and I think it’s time for some sleep. Breakfast at 9 tomorrow. Planning to take lots of pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I knew I kept the economics category around for a good reason. Tonight through Friday I’m going to be in Dallas because I was invited to the “Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman’s Free to Choose” conference here at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. Internet access during the conference is probably not going to happen, … Continue reading Blogging the Milt Friedman Conference<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2003\/10\/blogging-the-milt-friedman-conference\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Blogging the Milt Friedman Conference","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2003\/10\/blogging-the-milt-friedman-conference\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2003\/10\/blogging-the-milt-friedman-conference\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Economics","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2003-10-23T07:02:29Z","datePublished":"2003-10-23T07:02:29Z","dateModified":"2003-10-23T07:02:29Z"},"rendered":"