100 Years since the Birth of Milton Friedman

• Authors: Marek Loužek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with the economic theory of Milton Friedman. Its first part outlines the life of Milton Friedman. The second part examines his economic theories - “Essays in Positive Economics” (1953), “Studies in the Quantity Theory of Money“ (1956), “A Theory of the Consumption Function” (1957), “A Program for Monetary Stability” (1959), “A Monetary History of the United States 1897 to 1960” (1963), and “Price Theory” (1976). His Nobel Prize lecture and American Economic Association lecture in 1967 are discussed, too. The third part analyzes Friedman’s methodology. Milton Friedman was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century. He is best known for his theoretical and empirical research, especially consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.

Keywords

EN

Chicago School of Economics; Milton Friedman; monetarism; quantitative theory of money; theory of consumption function

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Review of Economic Perspectives
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 185-203

Dates

published

2012-10-01

received

accepted

online

2012-10-31

Contributors

author

Marek Loužek

• Doc. PhDr. Ing. Marek Loužek, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics, University of Economics, nám. W. Churchilla 4, 130 00 Prague 3.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10135-012-0008-4