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Posted: **Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:25 pm**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman

I never signed his petition to legalize marijuana. . .

Posted: **Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:30 pm**

I didn't know he was still alive, well he isn't, but you know what I mean. I must make an effort and catch up. :oops:

Posted: **Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:33 pm**

Not sure I'd ever heard of him, but should have. :(

Posted: **Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:42 pm**

Not to be confused with Milton Keynes;

Or even Maynard Keynes

That seemed a lot funnier inside my head.

Posted: **Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:14 pm**

umop ap!sdn wrote:Not sure I'd ever heard of him, but should have. :(

In a survey of economists a few years back, he was ranked the second most influential of the 20th century, just behind Maynard Keynes. His son is a well-known American libertarian, and Milt's political views were rather libertarian as well. After winning the Nobel prize in economics in 1976, made a notorious quip about how, in his opinion, the central bank that endowed the prize could be replaced by a computer program. Didn't want to give future Nobel laureate (1990, shared with Bill Sharpe and Merton Miller) Harry Markowitz his doctorate back in the 1950s. Sent KOS a petition to sign, in favor or legalization of marijuana.

Heid the Ba' wrote:Not to be confused with Milton Keynes;

Or even Maynard Keynes

That seemed a lot funnier inside my head.

The idiot banker in Yes. Minister had trouble keeping those two straight. . .

Posted: **Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:16 pm**

Heid the Ba' wrote:I didn't know he was still alive, well he isn't, but you know what I mean. I must make an effort and catch up.

Well, he did retire from U. Chicago something like 30 years ago. The person who took over his course there won the Nobel prize in 1992. . .

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:55 am**

So the course must work.

Was he the guy in Driving Miss Daisy?

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:09 am**

Enzo wrote:So the course must work.

Well, I think the course was to educate the students, but whatever :P

Enzo wrote:Was he the guy in Driving Miss Daisy?

Might have been. Which character?

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:08 pm**

The [strike]chauffure[/strike] [strike]showfer[/strike] [strike]chaufferre[/strike] driver.

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:50 pm**

Chauffeur! :mrgreen:

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:03 pm**

GESUNDHEIT!!!

Oh, the old ones are the best.

Posted: **Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:12 am**

Oh, no, that's Morgan Freeman. But that's an easy mistake to make, they're pretty similar.

Posted: **Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:09 am**

And similarly pretty too, don't you think?

Posted: **Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:55 am**

Yep. I think Morgan Freeman did some work on business cycle theory before he got into acting. . .

Posted: **Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:01 am**

Enzo wrote:GESUNDHEIT!!!

Merci.

Posted: **Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:36 am**

work on business cycle

He rode his bike to work?

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Rest in Peace: Milton Friedman

Rest in Peace: Milton Friedman