Book · 2023 · Biography & Autobiography
Milton Friedman
The Last Conservative
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Everyone the book is Milton fredman the last conservative by Jennifer Burns BNS highly recommended.
Tyler Cowen · Conversations with Tyler · Nov 2023 Listen at 1:02:48 What they say about it
- Highly recommends the book4


The best things said about it
She wrote two biographies, one on Milton Friedman and the other on Ayn Rand, both of which I highly recommend.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Jan 2025 She has a new book out which I just loved, it is called Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Nov 2023 This is really quite well captured in Jennifer Burns's book on Milton Friedman.
The new Jennifer Burns book about Milton Friedman is excellent, I think that will do very well.
Tyler Cowen EconTalk · Nov 2023 And the topic of today's conversation is Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative.
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Why people recommend it
Milton Friedman by Jennifer Burns is a comprehensive biography exploring the life, ideas, and intellectual legacy of the influential conservative economist. On the Lex Fridman Podcast, Lex Fridman highly recommended both of Jennifer Burns's biographical works, including her book on Milton Friedman and her earlier work on Ayn Rand. Tyler Cowen similarly praised the biography on Conversations with Tyler, stating that he loved it and enthusiastically recommended the volume, titled Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative, to listeners at the end of the episode. Peter Boettke brought up Burns's book on EconTalk to capture the intellectual climate of the post-war economics profession, while Tyler Cowen also mentioned the publication on EconTalk to highlight the public's strong interest in economic history. Furthermore, Russ Roberts hosted Jennifer Burns on EconTalk to discuss the themes of the biography in detail, introducing the book as the central topic of their conversation and demonstrating its widespread resonance among contemporary thinkers and economists.
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Tyler Cowen everyone the book is Milton fredman the last conservative by Jennifer Burns BNS highly recommended 3
“the new Jennifer Burns book about Milton Friedman is excellent I think that will do very well”
“she has a new book out which I just loved it is called Milton fredman the last conservative”
“everyone the book is Milton fredman the last conservative by Jennifer Burns BNS highly recommended”
Lex Fridman She wrote two biographies, one on Milton Friedman and the other on Ayn Rand, both of which I highly recommend. 1
“She wrote two biographies, one on Milton Friedman and the other on Ayn Rand, both of which I highly recommend.”
Peter Boettke this is really quite well captured in Jennifer Burns's book on Milton fredman 1
“this is really quite well captured in Jennifer Burns's book on Milton fredman”
Russ Roberts and the topic of today's conversation is Milton fredman the last conservative 1
“and the topic of today's conversation is Milton fredman the last conservative”
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