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NEWS ABOUT: Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman stories: 3 news summaries
OBITUARY

Economist
Rose Friedman Dead at 98

Collaborated with husband Milton on foundational texts

Aug 19, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(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... More »

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economics • University of Chicago • obituary • Chicago School • Ukraine • Milton Friedman • Rose Friedman

opinion

 Spitzer: 
 How to Fix Student Loan Mess 

Peg students' payments to their income

Mar 4, 09 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - In his latest Slate column, Eliot Spitzer shifts to education, with a solution on how to reform the student loan system. "We need to fix how Americans pay for higher education," writes the former New York governor. Rather than crippling loans that prevent bright graduates from pursuing worthy... More »

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student loans • higher education • Eliot Spitzer • Milton Friedman • President Obama

OPINION

Note to Right: Hyde Park Is Neither Liberal nor Elite

Hyde Park is maverick—and conservative

Jun 11, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the right cranking up to use Obama's Chicago neighborhood as a weapon against him—the Weekly Standard depicting it in a long piece as an liberal elitist bastion—Wall Street Journal columnist (and former Barack neighbor) Thomas Frank says it’s complete bunk. Not only do Hyde Park-ers have... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • University of Chicago • Hyde Park • right-wing attacks • Milton Friedman

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