Milton Friedman was an American economist who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler and others, Friedman was among the intellectual leaders of the second generation of Chicago price theory, a methodological movement at the University of Chicago's Department of Economics, Law School, and Graduate School of Business from the 1940s onward.

Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

Acting Born July 31, 1912 – Died November 16, 2006 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Milton Friedman was an American economist who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler and others, Friedman was among the intellectual leaders of the second generation of Chicago price theory, a methodological movement at the University of Chicago's Department of Economics, Law School, and Graduate School of Business from the 1940s onward.

Known For

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words poster

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Self
The Shock Doctrine poster

The Shock Doctrine

Self
Laissez-faire poster

Laissez-faire

Self (archive footage)
Laboratory Greece poster

Laboratory Greece

Self (archive footage)
Shadow World poster

Shadow World

Self - Economist (archive footage)
The Power of the Market poster

The Power of the Market

ร…ret var 1976 poster

ร…ret var 1976

Self (archive footage)
The One Percent poster

The One Percent

Self
The Swap poster

The Swap

Self (voice)
The Incredible Bread Machine Film poster

The Incredible Bread Machine Film

Self - Commentary (Professor of Economics)