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Economist Rose Friedman Dead at 98

Collaborated with husband Milton on foundational texts

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(Newser) – Rose Friedman, economist and collaborator with husband and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, died yesterday of heart failure, the Chicago Tribune reports. Rose was the co-author of Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose, two foundational texts of the Chicago School of economics. Though birth records from her birthplace in modern-day Ukraine have been lost, her family believes she was 98.

"Rose Friedman was fully involved in all the personal and professional decisions made along with Milton Friedman," said economist Gary Becker. "She was also a significant economist in her own right."

Rose Friedman is pictured in this promo image from the Friedman Foundation.
Rose Friedman is pictured in this promo image from the Friedman Foundation.   (Friedman Foundation)
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Doctor_Zaius
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Aug 20, 09 6:19 AM CDT
I'm surprised more Republicans and Conservatives aren't making a comment here - she and her husband were hugely influential in laying the rails which Thatcher and Reagan followed in de-regulation, lower tax and consumer theory. Reply
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