The beautiful, cheerfully optimistic cynicism of Uncle Milton.

I got sent this via email, and it is so, so true:

Basically, it’s one iteration of Milton Friedman’s famous observation: “The way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing.” I miss Milton Friedman: he was also so genuinely happy and serene when he talked about how to ruthlessly game the system to the legitimate benefit of all humankind…