Milton Friedman's complex legacy examined by biographer Jennifer Burns
The conservative economist stayed true to individual choice as his standard, says biographer Jennifer Burns. He championed privatization and free markets.
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The conservative economist stayed true to individual choice as his standard, says biographer Jennifer Burns. He championed privatization and free markets.
A new biography of the Nobel Prize–winning free market economist has much to teach about building a team of like-minded scholars within large institutions, and not just a brand.
New book reminds us how Friedman still dominates economics, which means his ideas will survive today's descent into populism. Read more.
Krithika Varagur on “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative,” a biography of the economist by the Stanford historian Jennifer Burns.
A new biography of the great economist and public intellectual is also a masterly account of post-War US history