Milton Friedman: 1912-2006
Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman passed away on November 16, 2006 at the age of 94. Friedman was one of the most influential...
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Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman passed away on November 16, 2006 at the age of 94. Friedman was one of the most influential...
November 16, 2006 -- Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman passed away on November 16, 2006 at the age of 94. Friedman was one of
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Ayn Rand supported a laissez-faire capitalist economic system and defended the morality of making a profit through private business.
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Ayn Rand maintained the necessity of a government that kept its “hands off” the private lives of its citizens, while at the same time......
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