Milton Friedman

Hoy Milton Friedman cumpliría cien años, para cierta parte del gremio (identificada con la tradición liberal) es un gran acontecimiento.

Entre los ánimos desbordados podemos encontrar:

• The Man Who Saved Capitalism de Stephen Moore.
• An Ode to Milton Friedman de Bryan Caplan.

Sin embargo, las ideas de Friedman también tienen opositores:

• Milton Friedman’s Magical Thinking de Dani Rodrik. 
• Re-Capturing the Friedmans de Bradford DeLong. 

Y es que Friedman tuvo un gran peso en lo político de la economía, como se muestra en esta cita que recupero de Forbes y que hace referencia a este texto:

"For every left-of-center American economist in the second half of the twentieth century, Milton Friedman (1912-2006) was the incarnate answer to John Stuart Mill’s prayer. His wits were smart, his perceptions acute, his arguments strong, his reasoning powers clear, coherent, and terrifyingly quick. You tangled with him at your peril. And you left not necessarily convinced, but well aware of the weak points in your own argument….

….For right-of-center American libertarian economists, Milton Friedman was a powerful leader. For left-of-center American liberal economists, Milton Friedman was an enlightened adversary. We are all the stronger for his work. We will miss him."