Milton Friedman
Subtitle: a biography
By: Lanny Ebenstein
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781403976277
Subjects: Friedman, Milton, -- 1912-2006; Economists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index
Table of contents: title: I: 1912 to 1946: Early life; title: Undergraduate years; title: University of Chicago and Columbia; title: Rose; title: World War II; title: Return to academe; title: II: 1946 to 1976: Department of economics; title: "Positive economics"; title: Family; title: Professor; title: A theory of the consumption function; title: Keynes; title: A monetary history of the United States; title: Chicago school of economics; title: Capitalism and freedom; title: Travel and Goldwater; title: Colleagues; title: Public intellectual and policy proposals; title: Nixon and the Nobel prize; title: III: 1977 to 2006: Free to choose; title: Reagan and international influence; title: Hayek and the role of ideas; title: School vouchers and social issues; title: Friedman prize