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Walter Grinder, economics, Institute for Humane Studies
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Friday Flashback: Walter Grinder Tributes

George Selgin/October 12, 2018June 19, 2022

(Today we celebrate the great Walter Grinder’s 80th birthday by reposting our tribute to him on his 75th.) Walter E. Grinder turns 75 years old today [80 now!].  He is the former CEO of the Institute for Humane Studies and President Emeritus of the Institute for Civil…

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Milton Friedman, free banking, monetary economics
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Milton Friedman and Monetary Freedom

George Selgin/August 10, 2015June 19, 2022

Milton Friedman with  Cato's Ed Crane and Jim Dorn Although I don't call myself a Friedmanite or a monetarist (or anything else), and many of my opinions on monetary economics are ones that he rejected, I'm a huge Milton Friedman fan.  I regard him as the most…

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