| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 286 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index. |
| Contents |
I: 1912 to 1946: Early life -- Undergraduate years -- University of Chicago and Columbia -- Rose -- World War II -- Return to academe -- II: 1946 to 1976: Department of economics -- "Positive economics" -- Family -- Professor -- A theory of the consumption function -- Keynes -- A monetary history of the United States -- Chicago school of economics -- Capitalism and freedom -- Travel and Goldwater -- Colleagues -- Public intellectual and policy proposals -- Nixon and the Nobel prize -- III: 1977 to 2006: Free to choose -- Reagan and international influence -- Hayek and the role of ideas -- School vouchers and social issues -- Friedman prize. |
| Subject |
Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006.
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Economists -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1403976279 |
|
9781403976277 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2468321 |
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NLGGC 298765543 |
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NZ1 11056845 |
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