Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative by Jennifer Burns (English) Hardcover Boo

by Jennifer Burns

$41 · Offered by eBay · No longer available

Milton Friedman by Jennifer Burns Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A biography of the American economist Milton Friedman -- Publisher Description One of The New York Times s 33 Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall | Named a most anticipated fall book by the Chicago TribuneThe first full biography of America s most renowned Friedman was, alongside John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. His work was instrumental in the turn toward free markets that defined the 1980s, and his full-throated defenses of capitalism and freedom resonated with audiences around the world. It s no wonder the last decades of the twentieth century have been called the Age of Friedman -or that analysts have sought to hold him responsible for both the rising prosperity and the social ills of recent Milton Friedman, the first full biography to employ archival sources, the historian Jennifer Burns tells Friedman s extraordinary story with the nuance it deserves. She provides lucid and lively context for his groundbreaking work on everything from why dentists earn less than doctors, to the vital importance of the money supply, to inflation and the limits of government planning and stimulus. She traces Friedman s longstanding collaborations with women, including the economist Anna Schwartz, as well as his complex relationships with powerful figures such as Fed Chair Arthur Burns and Treasury Secretary George Shultz, and

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Year: 2023
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780374601140
• Condition: Fine

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.