| − | '''Milton Friedman''' (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was a [[Nobel Prize]] winning [[libertarian]] [[economist]] who emphasized freedom. He was a leader of the [[Chicago School of Economics]] and made the [[University of Chicago]] the leading center for [[conservative]] economics. He was the favorite economist of many conservatives (including [[Ronald Reagan]]), in part because nearly all other economists have been [[liberal]]. Friedman was an early advocate of [[School choice|free choice in education]], such that parents could spend their school tax dollars on the school of their choice.<ref>[http://www.ideachannel.tv/ "Free to Choose" (1980)]</ref> Friedman received the 1976 [[Nobel Prize]] for [[economics]]. | + | '''Milton Friedman''' (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was a [[Nobel Prize]] winning [[libertarian]] [[economist]] who emphasized freedom. He was a leader of the [[Chicago School of Economics]] and made the [[University of Chicago]] the leading center for [[conservative]] economics. He was the favorite economist of many conservatives (including [[Ronald Reagan]]), in part because nearly all other economists have been [[liberal]]. Friedman was an early advocate of [[School choice|free choice in education]], such that parents could spend their school tax dollars on the school of their choice.<ref>[http://www.ideachannel.tv/ "Free to Choose" (1980)]</ref> Friedman received the 1976 [[Nobel Prize]] for [[economics]] "for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy".<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1976/friedman/facts/ Milton Friedman], ''The Nobel Prize'', accessed June 16, 2020</ref> |