Americans for Prosperity Foundation Hawaii teamed up Hawaii Pacific University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the HPU Entrepreneurship Center on July 29th to celebrate the anniversary of Milton Friedman’s 99th birthday, his legacy and his free market concepts that have helped improve the lives of entire populations around the world.

Prof. Ken Schoolland began the event with an introduction of Dr. Friedman’s ideas on monetary policy, free trade, school choice, ending the prohibition of marijuana and elimination of the draft. Friedman’s ideas were controversial among status quo thinkers throughout much of his life, but history ultimately proved his economic theories correct and Keynesian theories wrong.

Students also watched a PBS Milton Friedman biographical film that illustrated Friedman’s rise to prominence as an advisor to many presidents, his genius that earned him a Nobel Prize, as well as his common touch that allowed him to share his ideas with a general audience.

Free copies of the CD, “Ideas for a Free Society” and “The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free-Market Odyssey” were also given to attendees.

A grant from The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice provided AFP Hawaii with the opportunity to introduce Milton Friedman’s ideas to a younger generation, especially because they are so relevant to current worldwide events.