School Choice or No Voice? @freetochoosenetwork

Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Can't switch schools like switching soft drink brands?

Economist Albert Hirschman had a name for this problem: exit versus voice. When there's no exit, voice is all that's left, calling the teacher, calling the principal, showing up to the PTA.

Lou and Phil ask whether voice alone is enough to fix a school system with no real competition.

Full episode of Happy Hour Econ has the rest. youtube.com/watch?v=DUW04StJnBo

FROM: Role of Government in a Free Society (S1050)

$Political Incentives and Special Interests Milton Friedman identified a structural problem at the heart of democratic policy-making: concentrated interests consistently overpower diffused ones. When a small group stands to gain significantly from a policy, they organize, lobby, and show up. When the cost is spread across millions of consumers — each bearing only a fraction — no one mobilizes. The result is policy that serves the few at the expense of the many, not because of corruption, but because of incentives.$

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