He was a brilliant debater. And he, as i've mentioned, we've mentioned on the programme before, prticlarly, talking with bob chitister. A, he always had a smile on when he stuck the dagger. He was very hes aver, as you say, was a very charming man. It was george shorts who brought him on to the hover and gave him a sort of refreshed life. But so he prospered in hoover. I think that will you ill know, because you also have been to the hoover, that there is a sort of ghost of milton which lingers around,. particularly those open areas where people used to
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.