Trade wars are back in fashion. And so is Milton Friedman. A video of Friedman explaining the miracle of the pencil has gone viral, amassing 42.5 million views and being shared by Elon Musk and ...

Tech magnate Elon Musk protested Monday against President Trump’s barrage of tariffs on foreign imports by reposting the late libertarian economist Milton Friedman’s famous “pencil speech.” ...

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Elon Musk shared a clip of the late free trade economist Milton Friedman on Monday ... without any additional comment. In it, Friedman breaks down how a pencil is made from materials and labor ...

I was unfamiliar with the legend of Milton Friedman’s pencil until I stumbled upon it online this week. In video footage from 1980 posted on X, the late US economist delivers a succinct ...

In the video shared by Musk on his X account on Monday, US economist Milton Friedman used the example of a pencil to explain how different stages in different parts of the world contributed to its ...

President Donald Trump's trade tariffs have put the internet in a frenzy — and people are turning to Milton Friedman ... person could make even a simple pencil by themselves, as it's a product ...

On Monday morning, Musk posted a video on X of economist Milton Friedman defending free trade by using a pencil as an analogy for how it would only be possible with such policies in place.

An ardent supporter of free trade, Musk shared a video on X of economist Milton Friedman holding up a pencil to marvel that its parts came from all over the world. That dissonance has trickled ...

He shared a video of economist Milton Friedman explaining the complex global supply chain behind a simple pencil, highlighting the importance of free markets. This followed Musk's public remarks ...