Milton Friedman

An interview with Jennifer Burns on her authoritative new biography of the American economist and the personal and intellectual origins of his theories.

The economist’s lifelong pugilism wasn’t in spite of his success—it may have been the key to it.

The Chicago school ruled supreme over economics—until recently.

Friedman's viewpoint went far deeper and has been more lasting than the politics of 1970.

The famed economist’s theories were embraced by Beltway power brokers in both parties. Finally, a Democratic president is turning the page on a legacy of ruin.

A number of recent books blame the rise of neoliberalism on economists. But the evidence suggests it is still capital that rules.

The famed economist’s “shareholder theory” provides corporations with too much room to violate consumers’ rights and trust.

The ugly roots of the "school choice" movement.

For decades, the term “school choice” was widely and rightly dismissed as racist. Now it’s the law in thirty-three states.

In which “the intellectual handmaidens of the capitalists” are taken to task.

The Chicago Boys and the tragedy of the Chilean coup.

Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman helped devise Pinochet's economic agenda and endorsed the brutal repression that was needed to force it through.

The free market used to be touted as the cure for all our problems; now it’s taken to be the cause of them.

Why did Chicago become the headquarters of free market fundamentalism? Adam Smith offers a clue.

Far from spelling the end of anti-market politics, basic income proposals are one place where it can and has flourished.

Chicago economists had free rein in Chile. The country is still recovering.

In 1967, Milton Friedman launched a counterrevolution in economics that overturned the Keynesian theory of inflation.

Smith's influence on American politics, and the misunderstanding at the heart of our idea of the "champion of capitalism."

An excerpt from "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism."

A conversation about "Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World."