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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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Capitalism and freedom
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman is a foundational economic text arguing for the preeminence of competitive capitalism and limited government intervention as prerequisites for individual liberty.
Discussed“You're not going to take Milton Friedman's What? Freedom and Capitalism?”
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Free to Choose
Free to Choose by Milton Friedman is a classic exposition of free-market economics and classical liberalism that argues for the supremacy of individual choice over government intervention.
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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Essays in positive economics
Essays in Positive Economics by Milton Friedman is a foundational collection of scholarly writings that establishes the methodological framework for modern economic theory and policy analysis.
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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A monetary history of the United States
A monetary history of the United States by Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz is a landmark economic study examining the role of monetary policy in American history, particularly the Great Depression.
Discussed“that also comes after he's completed with Anna Schwarz his magnum opus a monetary History of the United States”
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Two lucky people
Two lucky people by Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman is a joint autobiography detailing the personal and professional lives of the influential economists.
Discussed“can I tell you a funny story actually goes back to Milton Friedman when his book with rose Freedman his autobiography came out I just come to Chicago and they were having a book party out on the west coast”
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Theory of the Consumption Function
Theory of the Consumption Function by Milton Friedman is a classic economics text that presents a revolutionary framework for understanding how individuals make spending and saving decisions over time.
Discussed“there's another um book that's less wellknown except among economists the theory of the consumption function and this book came out of fredman's Engagement with women researchers”
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A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
Discussed“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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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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Price Theory
Discussed“somewhere on this shelf is price Theory by Milton Friedman which was a sasot a a compendium of his notes that his students eventually turned into a book”
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Roofs Or Ceilings?
Discussed“the first major paper was written in 1946 by Milton fredman and George Stigler here's Freedman rent control is a law that supposedly is passed to help the people who are in housing and it does help those who are in current housing”
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