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Join PLF's Timothy Sandefur & the Rio Grande Foundation to celebrate Milton Friedman's legacy

July 28, 2014 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

I’ll be speaking at the Rio Grande Foundation’s annual Milton Friedman Day celebration, at the University of New Mexico Law School in Albuquerque on Thursday. More information here. … ...

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Milton Friedman at 101–wisdom, warnings, and hope

July 31, 2013 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Today marks 101 years since Milton Friedman was born. That’s 404 quarters of economic activity, or 5,252 weekend issues of the Wall Street Journal, or 36,890 days of Dow Jones Industrial Average fluctuations. However you measure it, it’s a lot of time. For about 26,663 of those days (73 years), Friedman was a student, practitioner,  ...

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There's no such thing as a free birthday cake

July 29, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Authors: Lana Harfoush & Anne-Marie Dao Saturday marks what would have been Milton Friedman’s 98th birthday. What gift would you give a man of so many achievements? A Nobel Prize recipient in Economics, an inspiring force for many nations’ leaders, and a beloved professor at the University of Chicago, Friedman personally touched the ...

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Join us to celebrate the legacy of Milton Friedman

July 23, 2009 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

Author: Timothy Sandefur On July 31, Pacific Legal Foundation will join with the Cascade Policy Institute in Portland, Oregon, to commemorate the life and achievements of Milton Friedman. More information on the event here. The keynote speaker is state Representative Matt Wingard; I’ll also be there, along with PLF client Adam Sweet, who rece ...