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STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO BOTH DECLARE JANUARY 29, 2007 TO
BE MILTON FRIEDMAN DAY
Governor Schwarzenegger and Mayor Newsom Join
the City of Chicago and Partners in Honoring The Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
and his Work with a Day of Remembrance
Events Include Web-based Discussion Hosted by The
Economist, a Day of National Debate at Universities across the Country,
You Tube Video Contest, and National PBS Broadcast of “The Power
of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman”
Stanford, California – January
23, 2007 – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Gavin
Newsom yesterday announced that they were declaring Monday, January 29th,
to be Milton Friedman Day in the State of California and in the City of San
Francisco. In making these proclamations, the Governor and Mayor join
the City Council of Chicago, Mayor Richard M. Daley, The University of Chicago,
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, The Economist, Free to Choose Media,
and more than two dozen partner organizations in declaring the 29th as a
day of remembrance honoring the Nobel-Prize-winning economist.
The announcements were made yesterday afternoon by Governor Schwarzenegger,
in person, and by Mayor Newsom, via a letter read by John Raisian, director
of the Hoover Institution. The proclamations were read at the Hoover
Institution’s memorial service honoring Dr. Friedman, held at Stanford
University’s Memorial Hall.
In his proclamation, Governor Schwarzenegger stated: “Milton Friedman
helped restore our faith in the freedom of the individual to choose in every
sense of the word – political, economic and social – and was devoted
to the simple idea that we are responsible for our own lives, to live them
as we see fit as long as it does not violate the liberty of others.” To
see the full text, please visit http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/proclamation/5205/ .
On Milton Friedman Day, Monday, January 29, 2007, at 10:00 p.m. ET (check
local listings), PBS will premiere “The Power of Choice: The Life and
Ideas of Milton Friedman,” an exclusive documentary on the remarkable
life and visionary ideas of the 1976 Nobel Laureate in economics. The
special, produced for PBS by Free to Choose Media, will give viewers a new
understanding of the magnitude of this legendary economist’s influence
on the modern world. More on this PBS program is available at: www.freetochoosemedia.org.
At 2 p.m. on Monday, January 29, The University of Chicago and the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange will host a memorial service at the University’s
Rockefeller Chapel to honor the Nobel prize-winning economist’s impact
on the economy and spread of freedom. For more on this event visit: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/070122.friedman.shtml.
In addition, You
Tube will host a “Challenge the Status Quo” video contest in
honor of Friedman. The contest, sponsored by Izzit.org. and the
Idea Channel, is open to anyone who is interested in producing a video
in the spirit of Dr. Friedman, whose passion in life was challenging the
status quo. Cash prizes will be offered to the first, second and
third place winners. For more information, visit http://www.youtube.com/group/statusquo .
Finally, The Economist’s blog, Free Exchange, will host an
online discussion with prominent economists and political leaders from around
the world on the legacy of the late Milton Friedman, from January 25 through
January 29. Free Exchange visitors will have the opportunity to read postings
from these guest bloggers and post their own responses, reactions and questions
about the impact of Dr. Friedman’s work. For more on this online
event visit: www.economist.com/debate/freeexchange/index.cfm.
Additional organizations hosting services, special events, and online activities,
or promoting “Milton Friedman Day” include: the American Economics
Association, the Manhattan Institute, The Heartland Institute, The Milton & Rose
D. Friedman Foundation, the Association of Private Enterprise Educators, Cascade
Policy Institute, the Fund for American Studies, the Minaret of Freedom Institute,
The State Policy Network, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Acton Institute,
Economic Thinking, the Reason Foundation and the Alabama Policy Institute,
as well as several universities, including Rutgers, Florida State, San Jose
State and Central Tennessee State. A full schedule of events is posted
at www.miltonfriedmanday.org.
About CME
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. became the first publicly traded
U.S. financial exchange on Dec. 6, 2002. The company was added to the
S&P 500® Index on August 10, 2006, and the Russell 1000® Index
on July 1, 2003. It is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Inc. (www.cme.com), the largest and most diverse financial exchange in the
world. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers
and sellers on its CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading
floors. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in interest
rates, equities, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange managed
$43.3 billion in collateral deposits at September 30, 2006, including $4.8
billion in deposits for non-CME products.
About the University of Chicago
Founded by John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational,
coeducational institution of higher learning. The University places particular
emphasis at the graduate level on training students for careers in academia
and research. The undergraduate program focuses on critical thinking and
broad interdisciplinary exposure to the full range of intellectual discovery.
More than 70 recipients of the Nobel Prize have been researchers, students
or faculty members at the University.
About Free To Choose Media
“The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman”was
produced by Free to Choose Media, a non-profit 501-c-3 public foundation whose
mission is to use easily understood and entertaining popular media to reach
inquisitive minds regarding the value and interrelationship of personal, economic
and political freedom sustained by the rule of law. The challenge for
the 21st Century and beyond is to find ways to avoid the classic failure of
the self governed to retain awareness of the necessary conditions for the survival
of their freedom and prosperity.
About The Economist (www.economist.com)
The Economist is a weekly magazine offering timely reporting, concise
commentary and comprehensive analysis of global news. With objective authority,
clarity and wit, The Economist presents the world's political, business,
scientific, technological and cultural affairs and the connections between
them. Because of its global editorial perspective, it is read by more of
the world's political and business leaders than any other magazine. Edited
in London since 1843, The Economist has a worldwide print circulation
in excess of 1.1 million.
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