School choice supporters marked the 103rd birthday of Nobel laureate Milton Friedman Friday, celebrating the legacy of the “the father of school choice.” I took the opportunity to interview David Friedman, one of Milton’s two children, who is an economist and law professor at Santa Clara University.
David said his father would have been impressed with the progress being made on school choice. “There are now partial voucher programs in many states, and, while I don’t know the details, I believe the new Nevada program is pretty close to a full voucher,” David told the Washington Examiner. “I think the foundation my parents established has been one of the important influences, as has my father’s writing.” Milton and Rose Friedman founded the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice in 1996.
