Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman (born July 31, 1912) is a U.S. economist, known primarily for his work on macroeconomics and for his advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism. In 1976 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial 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." His ten-part television series Free to Choose, aired on PBS in early 1980 and coauthored with his wife Rose Friedman, was made into a book that became his most popular.

External links

• The Friedman Foundation
• The Initiative on Chicago Price Theory

Bios

• Home page of Milton Friedman
• About Milton Friedman
• PBS interview, profile and video
• Video of September 3, 2000 BookTV 'In Depth' interview
• 1976 Prize in Economics, from the official Nobel Prize website
• Milton Friedman on the Adam Smith Institute website

Articles

• March/April 1999 - The Business Community's Suicidal Impulse (talks about protectionism, bank regulation, privatized schooling, antitrust laws, bureaucracy, government burden)
• His view of the Chilean government
• Gary Becker on Friedman's influence in South America