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Where Is the Next Rose Director?
Blundell, John - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 162-166
Rose Friedman (née Director), the Chicago-trained economist, was a very important contributor to Milton Friedman’s scholarly output, popular writings, and television series. His remarkable role in society was to a significant extent a joint role from which she cannot be separated.
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On the Ideological Migration of the Economics Laureates
Colander, David - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 3, pp. 240-254
This article is a reflection on the question of whether economists have a tendency to become more classical liberal as …
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The Ideological Migration of the Economics Laureates: Introduction and Overview
Klein, Daniel B. - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 3, pp. 218-239
The project “The Ideological Migration of the Economics Laureates” fills the September 2013 issue of Econ Journal Watch. The project provides profiles of each of the 71 individuals who, from 1969 through 2012, won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel....
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Economist Petitions: Ideology Revealed
Hedengren, David; Klein, Daniel B.; Milton, Carrie - In: Econ Journal Watch 7 (2010) 3, pp. 288-319
all active petition signers lean heavily toward either liberalism or interventionism. The economists most active in …, Michael Reich, David Terkla, Christopher Tilly, and Thomas E. Weisskopf. We present information on many notable economists …
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Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Organ Liberalization?
Diesel, Jon - In: Econ Journal Watch 7 (2010) 3, pp. 320-336
By banning payments to donors, government has limited organ supply to barter and charity. Economists have generated a … judgments of economists to see whether they preponderantly support liberalization. I classify 72 economists and find that most … of those economists who publish a judgment favor liberalization to one extent or another. This consensus among the …
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The Increasingly Libertarian Milton Friedman: An Ideological Profile
Ebenstein, Lanny - In: Econ Journal Watch 11 (2014) 1, pp. 81-96
This article traces the evolution of Milton Friedman’s ideological views over the course of his adult life. It finds the evolution to be from a moderate liberalism to a definite classical liberalism and then, during the last 50 years of his life, to an increasingly robust libertarianism....
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Why Is There No Milton Friedman Today?
Peltzman, Sam - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 205-209
One answer is that Milton Friedman possessed a rare combination of attributes that enabled him to communicate as easily with a mass audience as with his professional peers. He also emerged on the public stage at a time when his message of limited government had unusual resonance. Developments in...
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On Why There Is No Milton Friedman Today: Sui Generis, Sui Temporis
Medema, Steven G. - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 197-204
This essay responds to the question, “Why is there no Milton Friedman today?” In doing so, it briefly examines several aspects of Friedman’s professional life that contributed to his success in the academic, policy, and public realms as well as the influence of the social and political...
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Why Are There No Milton Friedmans Today?
Colander, David - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 167-171
, why? and: Are there fewer economists who support free markets today, and if so, why? It answers yes to the first question … the second question is unclear, because today most economists blend policy and theory in a way that makes it hard to tell …
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Why There Is No New Milton Friedman
Houser, Daniel - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 195-196
Why is there no Milton Friedman today? The new structure of things—or lack of structure—makes it hard for someone to emerge as a focal representative of classical liberalism. But every day, innumerable souls breathe new vitality into the cogent perspective that Friedman and others gave to...
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