By Jennifer Burns Jennifer Burns is an associate professor of history at Stanford and the author of “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative ... biography partakes of this nostalgia, even as his ...

There was the evocative portrait of working-class misery that also resonated ... and deregulation that gutted the province’s welfare state. Learning from Milton Friedman, they went hard and fast in ...

"Wise words," wrote Elon Musk about this 1999 viral clip described as "Milton Friedman casually giving the blueprint for DOGE [the Department of Government Efficiency]" as he ticks off a list of ...

In a video that’s gone viral, the late Milton Friedman correctly asserts about inflation that “consumers don’t produce it,” and “producers don’t produce it.” Only for Friedman to go ...

Today marks the 112th birthday of economist Milton Friedman, one of history’s most consequential free-market advocates. Reflecting on the work of Friedman this year reminds us how much more ...

Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. A few years ago, San Francisco writer Jason K. Friedman and his husband ... mobility in the antebellum South and ...

Although there are already several biographies of the economist Milton Friedman, not to mention Friedman’s own memoirs—written with his wife and scholarly collaborator, Rose Friedman—Burns adds color ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series “Free to Choose.” Episode seven was titled “Who Protects the Consumer?” ...

Milton Friedman, 1986. Milton Friedman is widely regarded as one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. He is known for his unbending support of free-market capitalism and the ...