Milton Friedman In Memoriam
By: Paul Craig Roberts|12 November, 2006|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: paul craig roberts milton friedman
Early in the morning of November 16, 2006, at the age of 94, Milton Friedman passed away. Friedman was the great economist of our time who more than anyone saved the economics profession from dogma. There was Keynesian dogma, which justified increased government spending as a full employment policy. Phillips Curve dogma, which specified trade-offs between inflation and employment. And…
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