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Books by Milton Friedman mentioned on podcasts
Milton Friedman's influential contributions to economic thought and public policy have been frequently referenced across various podcasts. On The Tucker Carlson Show, Oren Cass discussed Friedman's classic work Free to Choose, citing it as a prominent example of how market fundamentalism and the rhetoric of choice gained widespread public visibility during the boomer generation. Lex Fridman dedicated an episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast to exploring Friedman's economic philosophies with Jennifer Burns, explicitly naming A Monetary History of the United States, a foundational work that contributed to Friedman winning the Nobel Prize. During the same discussion, Burns highlighted Rose Friedman's role in supporting Milton Friedman's public outreach and writing endeavors, including Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose. Steve Levitt referenced Friedman's Essays in Positive Economics on People I (Mostly) Admire to illustrate the methodological importance of relying on evidence derived from real-world experiments in economic science. On The Rubin Report, Melissa Chen examined Capitalism and Freedom, specifically engaging with Friedman's core thesis that economic freedom serves as a necessary prerequisite for political and civil freedoms, contrasting this theory with contemporary sociopolitical developments.
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Essays in positive economics
Discussed“There's a lot of things to say here. So first, the book we're talking about is the "A Monetary History of the United States," in part for which Milton Friedman won the Nobel Prize.”
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Capitalism and freedom
Discussed“She supported the institute, to do "Free to Choose," and she really wrote "Capitalism and Freedom."”
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Free to Choose
Discussed“You know, you had these folks like Milton Freriedman as a classic example of someone who was sort of making this very public case that literally his his best work is called free to choose, right?”
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Milton Friedman on Freedom
Discussed“but on the other hand um you know I I think it's it's sort of throwing a wrench into Milton Freeman's um capitalism and freedom his theory about he said that economic freedom was a necessary precondition to political freedom and civil freedoms and that's not really happening right”
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