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Solow, Robert - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 214-216

I suggest that the historical Milton Friedman arose as the rare conjunction of a special person and a very favorable environment. So a successor is unlikely. This is a good thing. The dominance of a Milton Friedman type, right or left, is bad for economics and for society. It attracts resources...

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Why There Is No Milton Friedman Today

Epstein, Richard A. - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 175-179

The extraordinary influence of Milton Friedman is largely attributable to the passion and clarity he brought to the defense of competitive markets during the New Deal period when the public entrenchment of monopolies and cartels were standard government policy. Friedman wrote at a time when the...

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Mistah Friedman? He Dead.

Galbraith, James K. - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 180-183

Why is there no Milton Friedman today? For two reasons. The young Milton Friedman emerged from a cloistered hold-out against the Age of Keynes; as such he was a battle-tested master of ingenuity and subterfuge. The accomplishments of those years cannot be replicated by the dominant and dogmatic...

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Why Milton Friedman Was Rare

Henderson, David R. - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 189-194

It is not impossible for there to be another economist of Milton Friedman’s stature, but it is unlikely. Milton had a rare combination of characteristics. His brilliance showed up in his economics work early in his life and led him to some major contributions that affected the profession’s...

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Economics Laureatesâ€™ Responses to Questionnaire on Ideological Migration

In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 3, pp. 1-1

The project called “The Ideological Migration of the Economics Laureates” fills the September 2013 issue of this journal. In doing the project the investigators emailed the living laureates with a questionnaire asking them of their ideological character and outlook over time. The document...

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When the White House Changes Party, Do Economists Change Their Tune on Budget Deficits?

Barkley, Brett - In: Econ Journal Watch 7 (2010) 2, pp. 119-156

. Economists writing for the public can either highlight such truths, neglect the issue, or try to allay worries or excuse or … justify large budget deficits (as anti-recession policy, for example). Economists affiliated or aligned with one of the … constituency. This paper investigates selected economists, to see whether their tune changes when the party holding the White House …

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Productive Marketing : Allocating $600 Billion per Year to Shared Value Creation

Pujol, Nicolas - 2016

This paper draws concepts from the book The Mind Share Market: The Power of an Alternative Currency, by the same author. The worldwide advertising market, scoped at approximately $600 Billion in spend per year, includes the display of advertising to generate sales. This paper outlines a...

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Response from an Economist Who Also Favors Liberty

Galbraith, James KH. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 227-229

Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …

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Attracting attentive academics : paper, person or place?

Günther, Isabel; Grosse, Melanie; Klasen, Stephan - 2015

registered male economists compared to nearly two-thirds of female economists are attending a session), but seem to ask fewer …

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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)

Praag, Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2007

Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more...

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