Michael Harrington - Media Appearances

Media Appearances

  • Michael Harrington was an occasional writer for The New York Review of Books.
  • He appeared as a guest speaker on the television series Free to Choose. He sought to rebut some of Milton Friedman's theories of free market.
  • During 1966 he appeared on William Frank Buckley, Jr.'s television program Firing Line, where he explained his opinions on poverty, while also engaging Buckley in debate regarding government attempts to address poverty and its consequences.

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