| Share
 
Biography > Noteworthy People > Deaths > 2006 Deaths > A - F

Milton Friedman

Age: 94

economist who championed free-market theory and advocated for less state power, predicting and accounting for 1970s “stagflation.” An academic scholar who gave rise to the conservative “Chicago School” of economists at the University of Chicago, he brought his views to the general public in bestselling books and on television. He was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in economic science.

Died: San Francisco, Nov. 16, 2006

Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Betty FriedanA - F

More on Milton Friedman from Infoplease:

  • Milton Friedman - Friedman, Milton Friedman, Milton, 1912–2006, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. ...
  • Friedman: meaning and definitions - Friedman: Definition and Pronunciation
  • monetarism - monetarism monetarism, economic theory that monetary policy, or control of the money supply, is the ...
  • Walter Heller - Heller, Walter Heller, Walter, 1915–87, American economist, b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Oberlin ...
  • Václav Klaus - Klaus, Václav Klaus, Václav , 1941–, Czech politician. A free-market economist ...

24 X 7

Private Tutor

Click Here for Details
24 x 7 Tutor Availability
Unlimited Online Tutoring
1-on-1 Tutoring
Explore Precalculus Help , Math Helper