Honoring the great economist Milton Friedman

Today marks the 108th anniversary of the birth of economist Milton Friedman, one of history’s most consequential free-market advocates. Heeding the work of Friedman this year reminds us how much more sound and sustainable the nation’s policies could be.
What made Milton Friedman unique not only was his grasp of economics, but also his ability to simply explain complex ideas. He opined, for example, that “the most important single central fact about a free market is that no exch