If wealth could be created out of scraps of paper or their digital equivalent, world poverty would be a thing of the past.

In his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, economist Milton Friedman outlined a pro-growth vision that Klein and Thompson would do well to consider. While Abundance focuses narrowly on specific projects ...

"Wise words," wrote Elon Musk about this 1999 viral clip described as "Milton Friedman casually giving the blueprint for DOGE [the Department of Government Efficiency]" as he ticks off a list of ...

In a 1999 Hoover Institution interview, economist Milton Friedman was asked which federal agencies he would abolish. As host Peter Robinson rattled off the Cabinet list, Friedman gave a blunt ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to join Donald Trump's administration, recently shared a video of late Nobel Prize laureate Milton Friedman discussing America's social security program.

The Tesla CEO on Wednesday pointed to famed economist Milton Friedman's opinion from decades ago about how bloated the government had become. "Milton Friedman was the best," Musk wrote in a post ...

This is another good way to cultivate a more dynamic political system, and minimize political gridlock ... I’d prefer an EITC (or what Milton Friedman called a “negative income tax ...

Today marks the 112th birthday of economist Milton Friedman, one of history’s most consequential free-market advocates. Reflecting on the work of Friedman this year reminds us how much more ...

Milton Friedman’s ideas improved not just America but the world. Paul Volcker followed Friedman’s advice and tightened the US money supply in 1979 to address double-digit inflation.

Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician who believed in free-market capitalism and was regarded as a leader of the Chicago School of monetary economics. In 1976, he earned the ...