Happy Birthday, Milton Friedman
- Post 31 July 2012
- By Copy Editor
July 31 marks the 100th birthday of Milton Friedman, who passed away in 2006. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economic Science, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Medal of Science, Friedman advanced the principles of individual choice by popularizing ideas like school vouchers and private retirement accounts. Through essays, speeches, and books such as Capitalism and Freedom, and Free to Choose, Friedman championed the ideas of liberty.
- "Celebrating Milton Friedman," by Andrew J. Coulson
- "Milton Friedman, A Centennial Appreciation," by Donald J. Boudreaux
Every other year, the Cato Institute presents the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advancing human freedom.
"Question all which is 'taught,' dig deeper, think clearly, respond profusely. Conformity is the antithesis of free thought and self-determination." -- Standard Pearls