Milton Friedman
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Milton Friedman Milton Friedman was an American economist and Nobel laureate (1976) who led the monetarist school of thought, arguing that the money supply is the primary driver of economic activity and that central banks bear responsibility for the Great Depression by allowing money supply to collapse. His advocacy for free markets, school choice, a negative income tax, and the abolition of occupational licensing influenced the Reagan and Thatcher administrations and reshaped economic policy across the English-speaking world. His book Free to Choose (1980) popularized libertarian economic ideas for a mass audience.
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Milton Friedman was an American economist and Nobel laureate (1976) who led the monetarist school of thought, arguing that the money supply is the primary driver of economic activity and that central banks bear responsibility for the Great Depression by allowing money supply to collapse. His advocacy for free markets, school choice, a negative income tax, and the abolition of occupational licensing influenced the Reagan and Thatcher administrations and reshaped economic policy across the English-speaking world. His book Free to Choose (1980) popularized libertarian economic ideas for a mass audience.
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