Friedman, Milton

An American economist of the twentieth century. Friedman has defended free enterprise and attacked government regulation of the economy. He has condemned socialism as an economic failure and celebrated capitalism for combining prosperity with personal liberty. ( See also monetarism .)

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Second,” said Sen. Paul, “is the Milton Friedman efficiency argument.

But apparently executives on Wall Street are a bit rusty on their Adam Smith or Milton Friedman.

To put it anachronistically, you didn't belong to the constrained world of Marx and Milton Friedman.

More and more I am coming to feel it's time to give a second look to Milton Friedman's idea of a guaranteed annual income.

Milton Friedman famously said, "The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits."

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