Milton Friedman
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born
July 31, 1912
died
November 16, 2006
gender
male
place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, The United States
genre
Nonfiction
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Milton Friedman was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. He made major contributions to the fields of economics and statistics. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy. He was an advocate of economic freedom.
According to The Economist, Friedman "was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century...possibly of all of it". Former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan stated, "There are very few people over the generations who have ideas that are sufficiently original to materially alter the d...more
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Capitalism and Freedom: 40th Anniversary Edition by Milton Friedman avg rating 3.91 — 464 ratings — published 1962 4 editions |
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman avg rating 4.19 — 307 ratings — published 1980 16 editions |
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Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History by Milton Friedman avg rating 3.91 — 33 ratings — published 1992 3 editions |
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A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960 by Milton Friedman, Anna Jacobson Schwartz avg rating 3.91 — 23 ratings — published 1963 2 editions |
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Why Government Is the Problem by Milton Friedman avg rating 3.94 — 17 ratings — published 1993 |
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Price Theory by Milton Friedman avg rating 3.71 — 14 ratings — published 1976 2 editions |
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There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch by Milton Friedman avg rating 3.40 — 10 ratings — published 1977 2 editions |
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The Great Contraction 1929-1933 by Milton Friedman avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 1964 2 editions |
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The Optimum Quantity of Money by Milton Friedman avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 1969 2 editions |
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Essays in Positive Economics (Phoenix Books) by Milton Friedman avg rating 3.40 — 5 ratings — published 1966 |
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"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both."
— Milton Friedman
— Milton Friedman
"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results."
— Milton Friedman
— Milton Friedman
"I think that nothing is so important for freedom as recognizing in the law each individual’s natural right to property, and giving individuals a sense that they own something that they’re responsible for, that they have control over, and that they can dispose of."
— Milton Friedman
— Milton Friedman
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