{"product_id":"milton-friedman-on-economics-selected-papers-9780226263496","title":"Milton Friedman on Economics: Selected Papers","description":"On his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as \"the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \"the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century\" by the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, Friedman was both a highly respected economist and a prominent public intellectual, the leader of a revolution in economic and political thought that argued robustly in favor of virtues of free markets and laissez-faire policies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMilton Friedman on Economics: Selected Papers\u003c\/i\u003e collects a variety of Friedman's papers on topics in economics that were originally published in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e. Opening with Friedman's 1977 Nobel Lecture, the volume spans nearly the whole of his career, incorporating papers from as early as 1948 and as late as 1990. An excellent introduction to Friedman's economic thought, \u003ci\u003eMilton Friedman\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential for anyone tracing the course of twentieth-century economics and politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMilton Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-2006) was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the Paul Snowden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. In 1976 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460057567506,"sku":"9780226263496","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4a5a948-603d-4464-b285-ab93ceeced0c.jpg?v=1730024355","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/milton-friedman-on-economics-selected-papers-9780226263496","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}