Milton Friedman (1912–2006)
Author of Capitalism and Freedom
About the Author
Milton Friedman (1912-2006), Nobel Prize winner for excellence in economics, was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Paul Snowden Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago. His many published books include Essays show more in Positive Economics, Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom, and Milton Friedman on Economics, all published by the University of Chicago Press. show less
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Works by Milton Friedman
Friedman and Szasz on Liberty and Drugs: Essays on the Free Market and Prohibition (1992) 28 copies, 1 review
Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom (National Bureau of Economic Research Monographs) (1982) 13 copies
Milton Friedman on Freedom: Selections from The Collected Works of Milton Friedman (Hoover Institute Press Publication) (2017) 10 copies
From New Deal Banking Reform to World War II Inflation. Reprinted from the Author's Monetary History of the United… (1980) 7 copies
Monetary Statistics of the United States: Estimates, Sources, Methods (Business Cycles Ser. : No. 20) (1970) 5 copies
Monetary correction : a proposal for escalator clauses to reduce the costs of ending inflation (1974) 4 copies
Politics and Tyranny: Lessons in the Pursuit of Freedom (Pacific studies in public policy) (1984) 3 copies
The Economics of Freedom 2 copies
Kapitalismens fremtid 2 copies
Capitalism and Freedom 1 copy
Kapitalism & frihet 1 copy
New individualist review 1 copy
By Friedman, Milton ( Author ) [ Essays in Positive Economics (Revised) By Aug-1966 Paperback 1 copy
The Quotable Friedman 1 copy
Teoria dos preços 1 copy
The one percent 1 copy
Associated Works
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century (1970) — Contributor — 82 copies
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- Canonical name
- Friedman, Milton
- Birthdate
- 1912-07-31
- Date of death
- 2006-11-16
- Burial location
- Cremated and ashes scattered over San Francisco Bay.
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Cause of death
- heart failure
- Places of residence
- Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA - Education
- Rahway High School, Rahway, New Jersey, USA (1928)
Rutgers University (B.A.|1932)
University of Chicago (M.A.|Economics|1933)
Columbia University (Ph.D.|Economics|1946) - Occupations
- economist
professor - Relationships
- Friedman, Rose (wife)
- Organizations
- University of Chicago
Hoover Institution - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Economic Sciences|1976)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1988)
National Medal of Science (1988)
John Bates Clark Medal (1951) - Short biography
- American economist and Nobel Prize Recipient. Born in New York City to Jewish parents who had immigrated from Hungary, he began developing his economic theories during the Great Depression. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1946, was Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago from 1946 to 1976, became a senior research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution in 1977, and influenced the economic policies of three presidents (Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan). Recognized for his work on macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, and statistics, he believed strongly in laissez-faire capitalism for a free market economy and in the principles of 18th century economist Adam Smith, consistently asserting that individual freedom should rule economic policy. His book, "Capitalism and Freedom" (1962) sought to minimize the role of government in a free market, thereby promoting political and social freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976 for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy. He hosted a television series "Free to Choose" on PBS in early 1980 which became a widely-read book, co-authored with his wife, Rose Friedman. His more well known books were: "Price Theory" (1962 with Rose Friedman), "Capitalism and Freedom" (1962 with Anna J. Schwartz), "An Economist's Protest" (1972), and "There Is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch" (1975). In addition to authoring 32 books on economics, he also wrote a column for Newsweek magazine from 1966 to 1983 and was one of the few economists able to bridge the gap between academia and the public. He put his economic policies to the test by working with his former students and Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet. He died of heart failure in San Francisco, California.
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