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Milton Friedman
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Milton Friedman

Author · born July 31, 1912 · died 2006

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Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~39Received the John Bates Clark Medal1951
  2. ~64Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1976
  3. ~76Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom1988
  4. ~76Received the National Medal of Science1988

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