Milton Friedman
Influential economist Milton Friedman has died. While he can be damned for inventing withholding he is to be lauded for his unabashed love for capitalism for enabling freedom. He was the founder of the Chicago School of monetary economics, in contrast to the Keynes and Austrian schools (among others).
I especially enjoyed his 1980 PBS series Free to Choose, which I've highlighted here before. Hopefully it will reappear on Google Video again soon.
Update: The Financial Times has a great biography up already.
Update: Some folks don't know about Friedman and withholding. This article explains it best.
Josh Poulson
Posted Thursday, Nov 16 2006 09:35 AM