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Most of all, Burns explores Friedman’s key role in creating a new economic vision and a modern American conservatism. The result is a revelatory biography of America’s first neoliberal–and perhaps its last great conservative. Jennifer Burns is an Associate Professor of History at Stanford ...

The first full biography of America’s most renowned economist.

4 days ago - George H. Nash, a leading historian ... conservative scholar in the country, and one of the few with an international reputation". In 1971, Friedman received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. Friedman allowed the libertarian Cato Institute to use his name for its biennial Milton Friedman Prize ...

May 2, 2025 - Most of all, Burns explores Friedman’s key role in creating a new economic vision and a modern American conservatism. The result is a revelatory biography of America’s first neoliberal—and perhaps its last great conservative. ... "Burns shows that the ideas of Milton Friedman are still ...

February 20, 2024 - Burns critical biography of Milton Friedman, grounded in the archives, argues that his contributions to economics were fundamental.

January 11, 2024 - She traces Friedman’s long-standing ... of all, Burns explores Friedman’s key role in creating a new economic vision and a modern American conservatism. The result is a revelatory biography of America’s first neoliberal—and perhaps its last great conservative....

November 1, 2023 - Title: Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative - A Definitive Tribute to an Intellectual Giant Jennifer Burns' biography of Milton Friedman offers a captivating journey through the life and ideas of one of the 20th century's most influential economists. With meticulous research and engaging ...

The first full biography of America’s most renowned economist.

An Economist Best Book of 2023 | One of The New York Times’ 33 Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall | Named a most anticipated fall book by the Chicago Tribune and Bloomberg | Finalist for the 2024 Hayek Book Prize“Wherever you...

Registration required. The event will be videotaped and live-streamed on Media Central.

February 1, 2025 - Milton Friedman thought of himself, and indeed described himself, as a liberal, not a conservative. And although we live in a period in which realignments of positions are rife on both the left and the right, to call him the last conservative surely seems premature.

Based on: Burns Jennifer. Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

New Canaan Library is pleased to have rescheduled author Jennifer Burns to discuss her new book Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative, which brings to life one of the twentieth century’s most influential economists.

Her most recent book is “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative,” the first full biography of the influential economist and political figure. Burns has published articles about the history of conservatism, libertarianism, and liberalism in a number of academic and popular journals, including ...

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives invites you to join Research Fellow Jennifer Burns, author of the newly published book Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative, for an engaging talk about one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century.

George H. Nash, a leading historian ... conservative scholar in the country, and one of the few with an international reputation".[181] In 1971, Friedman received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[182][183] Friedman allowed the libertarian Cato Institute to use his name for its biennial Milton Friedman Prize ...