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Milton Friedman, RIP.(Obituary)(Brief article)
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman died on November 16. A giant in his field who wielded enormous influence, his name will likely be mentioned alongside Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, and F.A. Hayek. Like them, Friedman has been viewed as a free-market economist, but his policy recommendations were sometimes a mixed bag.
In the popular press, Friedman was best known for his advocacy of limited government. In an interview in 1995 with Reason magazine, Friedman admitted: "I would like to be a zero-government libertarian." In reality, he argued, such a scheme is largely unworkable, and so the best that can be hoped for is limited government. For Friedman, the best example of limited government was that created by the vision of the Founding Fathers. "The United States from 1780 to 1929 is not a bad example ...
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- Magazine article from: The American Prospect Kuttner, Robert January 1, 2006 700+ words
MORE THAN ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL, MILTON Friedman was the intellectual inspiration of...monetarism and the corollary view that the Federal Reserve System works best when it is essentially...contend, as Friedman does, that the Federal Reserve in the 1980s and 1990s was mainly...
- Statement From Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and CEO Richard W....
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 16, 2006 700+ words
...Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president and...issued the following statement: "Milton Friedman was a giant in the history of...CONTACT: James Hoard of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, +1-214...
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- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune November 19, 2006 700+ words
Milton Friedman was an economic theorist...economic scholars, Milton Friedman had no peer," Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said...as well as markets. Milton Friedman's conclusions and...
- Dallas Fed Posts Previously Unreleased Conversation With Milton Friedman.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 8, 2007 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas...Laureate economist Milton Friedman and Dallas...China, the Federal Reserve, free trade...Dallas Fed's Milton Friedman resource page...James Hoard of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas...
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- Magazine article from: National Review REYNOLDS, ALAN September 1, 2003 700+ words
...Chicago economist Milton Friedman offered a rather...best if the Federal Reserve gave up trying...recently: "Milton Friedman has changed...doubts that Federal Reserve blunders can...understand that Milton Friedman's most influential...
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- News wire article from: Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) November 20, 2006 700+ words
...World War II that continues today was mainly provoked by one man: Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, devotee of free markets and the primacy of the Federal Reserve in shaping them. He opposed heavy government intervention and...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire November 17, 2006 700+ words
...FRANCISCO (AFX) - Milton Friedman was the rare public...greatest citizens." "Milton Friedman was a revolutionary...The chair of the Federal Reserve said Friedman "had...freedom fighter." "Milton Friedman revived the economics...
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- Newspaper article from: Dollars & Sense Reuss, Alejandro January 1, 2007 700+ words
...The death last November of Milton Friedman, one of the best known...freedom fighter," and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke hailed...honor of--who else?--Milton Friedman. Alejandro Reuss is a Dollars...RESOURCES "Nobel economist Milton Friedman dead at 94," <money...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor December 28, 2006 700+ words
...Above all, economist Milton Friedman was an independent...They showed that the Federal Reserve acted ineptly in...variable lags" in Federal Reserve policy would confound...Choose" (1980), Milton Friedman reinvigorated the...
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- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) November 16, 2006 700+ words
...JOSE, Calif. _ Milton Friedman, the Nobel Memorial...shift in how the Federal Reserve Bank fights inflation...Happy Warrior." "Milton Friedman was arguably the...interrogator." Milton Friedman essentially had two...
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