Bradman great at cricket and economics

Almost everyone knows that Don Bradman was the best batsman of all time, with a batting average that will probably never be beaten (99.94, 2nd place is 61.87).

But it turns out he was also great at economics and knew socialism didn’t work. After Fraser replaced Whitlam as Australian PM, Bradman wrote to him saying:

• a passionate advocate of freedom from socialism
• encouraged Fraser to remove as much regulation of capital as possible
• warned against the dangers of inflation
• decried the power of unions in Australia

I was already a Bradman lover, but now I can love him for both his cricket and his economics.

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