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Ohio can neither tax nor cut its way to prosperity and must restructure government to improve the economy, Gov. John Kasich said in his first State of the State address, a speech interrupted by protesters.

"Let's stop talking, and let's start doing," Kasich, a Republican elected last year, told a joint session of the Legislature on Tuesday. "Let's start pushing, because if we push and we work together, we're going to save the state. I have no doubt."

Kasich spoke in the House chamber amid audible chants from protesters outside who oppose a bill to curtail union rights for government workers. When Kasich cited the measure as an example of how the state must change its approach, protesters in the balcony interrupted with boos.

Dr. Milton Friedman’s classic series on economics and freedom first came out in 1980, but continues to influence people today. In it he discussed free trade, school choice, labor unions, regulations and just about everything else and ends each video with a debate. There’s no better place to start for learning about economics.

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