I Think He Tried Very Much to Beat Kanes at His Own Game

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Samuelson was the inheritor of Caines's legacy and is a chief proponent. milton deliberately set out to expose what he thought were the flaws in gaines's thinking. He woulder do anything, including hanging out with old cansions who had brought together canes' kitchen cabinet. Samuelson took a much longer time than milton - something important has to be decided while we're talking. 'm sureisha considered their place in an invest and interestingly, actually, both professed to be cansians.'

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.