Episode · EconTalk · 2023-11-13
Books mentioned on Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman
Who was Milton Friedman? Jennifer Burns of Stanford University finds in her biography of Friedman that the answer to that question is more complicated than she thought.
Russ Roberts discussed Milton Friedman by Jennifer Burns and Price Theory by Milton Friedman. Jennifer Burns discussed A positive program for laissez faire by Henry Calvert Simons, A monetary history of the United States by Milton Friedman, Theory of the Consumption Function by Milton Friedman, and Capitalism and freedom by Milton Friedman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman by Jennifer Burns is a comprehensive biography exploring the life, ideas, and intellectual legacy of the influential conservative economist.
Discussed“and the topic of today's conversation is Milton fredman the last conservative”
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A positive program for laissez faire
A positive program for laissez faire by Henry Calvert Simons is a classic economic work outlining the foundations of Chicago school liberalism and government market intervention.
Discussed“Simons also wrote this book called A positive program for Le fair”
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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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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“the book being the monetary History of the United States”
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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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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“so a lot of these actually come right out of capitalism and freedom and a lot of them have the same logic of prices”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“her book is Milton Freedman the last conservative”