Milton Friedman : A Biography
by Ebenstein, LannyFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-01-23
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
Born the son of immigrant parents, Milton Friedman went on to become a major figure during the resurgence of American conservatism. As an adviser to the Reagan administration and a widely read columnist, he played a vital role in shaping government policy and public opinion while he made headlines for his controversial views. Drawing on the author's unprecedented access to personal archives--and to Friedman himself prior to his death in 2006--this is the first book to trace his life and development as an economic theorist. With a combination of revealing personal detail and fascinating exploration of economic theory, this is a revealing look at the man regarded by many as a hero of libertarianism and laissez-faire economics.
Author Biography
Lanny Ebenstein is the author or co-author of eight books in the history of economic and political thought, including Friedrich Hayek: A Biography, Hayek's Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek, and, with his late father, William Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers: Plato to the Present. Ebenstein received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He resides in Santa Barbara, California.
Table of Contents
| Childhood and Youth | |
| Rutgers | |
| University of Chicago | |
| Columbia | |
| Rose | |
| Washington | |
| New York | |
| World War II | |
| National Bureau and Controversy | |
| Department of Economics | |
| “The Methodology ofPositive Economics” | |
| Essays in Positive Economics | |
| Family | |
| Teacher | |
| Keynes | |
| A Theory of the Consumption Function | |
| A Monetary History of the United States | |
| Chicago School of Economics | |
| From Economics to Advocacy | |
| Capitalism and Freedom | |
| Goldwater and Travel | |
| AEA President | |
| Colleagues | |
| NewsweekColumnist | |
| Policy Proposals | |
| Nixon and Chile | |
| Nobel Prize | |
| Hoover Institution | |
| Free to Choose | |
| Reagan | |
| Influence | |
| Hayek and Ideas | |
| School Vouchers and Drugs | |
| Recent Work | |
| Friedman Prize Childhood and Youth | |
| Rutgers | |
| University of Chicago | |
| Columbia | |
| Rose | |
| Washington | |
| New York | |
| World War II | |
| National Bureau and Controversy | |
| Department of Economics | |
| “The Methodology ofPositive Economics” | |
| Essays in Positive Economics | |
| Family | |
| Teacher | |
| Keynes | |
| A Theory of the Consumption Function | |
| A Monetary History of the United States | |
| Chicago School of Economics | |
| From Economics to Advocacy | |
| Capitalism and Freedom | |
| Goldwater and Travel | |
| AEA President | |
| Colleagues | |
| NewsweekColumnist | |
| Policy Proposals | |
| Nixon and Chile | |
| Nobel Prize | |
| Hoover Institution | |
| Free to Choose | |
| Reagan | |
| Influence | |
| Hayek and Ideas | |
| School Vouchers and Drugs | |
| Recent Work | |
| Friedman Prize | |
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