Economics

Liberty and Responsibility in the Thought of Milton Friedman

ABSTRACT

Readings for this conference offered a survey of Milton Friedman's career as economist, policy analyst, and public intellectual. The final session examined a variety of perspectives on his work.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Beckworth, David and William Ruger. “What Would Milton Friedman Say About Fed Policy Under Bernanke?” Investor’s Business Daily (October 21, 2010): A 11.

Cole, Julio. “Milton Friedman, 1912-2006.” Independent Review 12, no. 1 (Summer 2007): 115-128.

Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Friedman, Milton. A Program for Monetary Stability [The Millar Lectures, Number Three, 1959]. New York: Fordham University Press, 1960.

Friedman, Milton. “Rx for Japan: Back to the Future.” Wall Street Journal (December 17, 1997): A22.

Friedman, Milton, “The Role of Government in Education” In Economics and the Public Interest, edited by Robert S. Solo, 123-144. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1955.

Friedman, Milton. “Prohibition and Drugs.” Newsweek (May 1, 1972): 104.

Friedman, Milton. “Stop Taxing Non-Addicts.” Reason Magazine (October 1988): 23.

Friedman, Milton, “The War We Are Losing” In Searching for Alternatives: Drug-Control Policy in the United States, edited by Melvyn B. Krauss and Edward P. Lazear, 53-67. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1991.

Friedman, Milton. The Essence of Friedman. Edited by Kurt R. Leube. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1987.

Friedman, Milton. The Indispensable Milton Friedman. Edited by Lanny Ebenstein. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2012.

Friedman, Milton and Anna Jacobson Schwartz. A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.

Friedman, Milton and Rose Friedman. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement. San Diego: Harcourt, 1990.

Krugman, Paul. “Who Was Milton Friedman? [February 15, 2007] .” New York Review of Books. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2007/feb/15/who-was-milton-friedman/ (January 8, 2013).

Mackey, John, Milton Friedman and T. J. Rogers. “Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business.” Reason (October 2005): 1-13.

Moore, Stephen. “Missing Milton: Who Will Speak For Free Markets?” Wall Street Journal (May 29, 2009): W 13http://amagiweb/conference/images/Submit.gif.