The Answer Is Transaction Costs

← The Answer Is Transaction Costs19 aug · 25 min

The Main Course was Transaction Costs: Milton's Dinner with Ronald

The Main Course was Transaction Costs: Milton's Dinner with Ronald19 aug25 min

Send us Fan Mail We tell the story of the Chicago dinner where Ronald Coase walks into a hostile room, and by the end everyone votes with him, led by Milton Friedman changing his mind in real time. Along the way, we unpack why transaction costs, not moral blame, often explain when law and institutions shape outcomes. • the Aaron Director dinner and the vote that flips • why Milton Friedman becomes a political symbol and lightning rod • critiques from the right and left on ...