He was an old man in a hurry. So much of his youth was spent in an intellectual wilderness where no one respected him. And that's why i think he chased after many of those political influences. Yes, there's no doubt he had a craving to be vindicated. He thought he was right all alone. Why not? Younow, many, many us do. Ie, that’s great. Completeone of my most i once i have a photograph, i don't have it here, as i've just moved to israel, and sitting in a warehouse in maryland,. but i have a photo of milton talking to me after a presentation i made
Journalist and author Nicholas Wapshott talks about his book Samuelson Friedman with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson were two of the most influential economists of the last century. They competed for professional acclaim and had very different policy visions. The conversation includes their differences over the work of Keynes, their rivalry in their columns at Newsweek, and a discussion of their intellectual and policy legacies.