Overview
- An important volume for anyone interested in Milton Friedman, a both celebrated and reviled figure within economics
- Explains why Friedman's work is considered to be so controversial
- Closely considers Friedman’s wide variety of theoretical and empirical work up to the mid-1950s
- Outlines also Friedman's work on money and monetary policy, and his close involvement in policy advocacy
Part of the book series: Great Thinkers in Economics (GTE)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Friedman’s Life and Autobiography
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Front Matter
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Milton Friedman’s Economics, 1935–1957
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Keywords
- Milton Friedman
- Monetary Policy
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Consumption Analysis
- Monetary History
- Stabilisation Policy
- Chicago Price Theory
- Accelerated Inflation
- Macroeconomics
- Stagflation
- Floating Exchange Rates
- Negative Income Tax
- The Quantity Theory of Money
- The Phillips Curve
- Monetary trends in the United States
- Monetary trends in the United Kingdom
- History of Economic Thought
- Theory of unemployment
About this book
This book examines the work of Milton Friedman, which is amongst the most significant in modern economics and, equally, amongst the most contentious. Although Friedman became most famous for his views on money and monetary policy as well as his public writings, a large and important part of his work concerned other aspects of economics.
All parts of Friedman’s work are considered here, as is his account of his own life. By focussing on what Friedman wrote rather than what later authors have written about him, this volume seeks to analyse the character, qualities and development of the arguments he made.
This text is important for anyone interested in this both celebrated and reviled figure in economics. James Forder clarifies messages in Friedman’s writing that have otherwise so often been obscured by academic and public controversy.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
James Forder is Andrew Graham Fellow and Tutor in Political Economy, Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Milton Friedman
Authors: James Forder
Series Title: Great Thinkers in Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-38784-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38783-7Published: 17 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38784-4Published: 05 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-6276
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6284
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 495
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Labor Economics, Social Policy, North American Economics