milton friedman

     

Milton Frieman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) 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.

Trivia about milton friedman

  • In 1980 he hosted a 10-part PBS series & co-authored the companion book, both titled "Free to Choose"
  • Nobel economist & author of the exciting "A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960"
  • "Chicago School" of economic thought is associated with this conservative who once taught at U. of Chicago
  • He was teaching at the University of Chicago when he won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics
  • The saying "There's no such thing as a free lunch" is attributed to this Nobel Prize-winning economist
  • Supporting laissez-faire policies, this American economist & his wife wrote "Free to Choose" in 1980
  • Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago 1948-1982, he won a 1976 Nobel Prize
  • In January 1980 PBS began televising this economist's series "Free to Choose"
  • In 1976 this author of "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960" won the Nobel Prize for Economics
  • This economist who died in 2006 developed the idea that the business cycle stems from the money supply

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