Milton Friedman

Franco R. Batista Garcia
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Portrait of Milton Friedman, photograph by Bachrach Studios, New York, 1 January 1986.

Milton Friedman was an American economist and academic who was a professor at the University of Chicago and won the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is recognized as one of the most influential proponents of monetarism, an economic philosophy that emphasizes a reduction of inflation by controlling money supply through the Federal Reserve whilst reducing government spending. Friedman advised both President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on their economic policies.

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Studios, B. (2026, May 07). Milton Friedman. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21798/milton-friedman/

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Studios, Bachrach. "Milton Friedman." World History Encyclopedia, May 07, 2026. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21798/milton-friedman/.

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Studios, Bachrach. "Milton Friedman." World History Encyclopedia, 07 May 2026, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21798/milton-friedman/.

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