Milton Friedman

Milton 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 he has been held responsible for both the rising prosperity and the social ills of recent times.