"Professor Niall Ferguson spoke at the Centre for Policy Studies event 'Friedman at 100', held at The Guildhall, London, on Tuesday 3rd July 2012.
"July 2012 sees the 100th anniversary of Milton Friedman’s birth. To mark this occasion, the Centre for Policy Studies organised a celebratory event in the City of London on the evening of Tuesday 3 July.
"The evening comprised a panel event, with speakers asked to focus individually on Friedman’s three interlinked, but separate legacies: his contribution to theoretical and academic economics, his role in public policy development and his historical role in the dissemination of free-market ideas.
Speakers:
- John Redwood MP - head of Margaret Thatcher's Policy Unit in the early to mid-1980s, who evaluated the extent to which Friedman’s work influenced the Conservative Governments of the 1980s.
- Professor Niall Ferguson – the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, who examined Friedman’s historical significance for free-market thinking.
- Professor Deepak Lal: the James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies at the University of California, who explored Friedman's legacy in academic economics.
- Professor Richard Epstein - James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, who provided a video tribute.
See all the speeches here...
Watch Professor Niall Ferguson on "Milton Friedman's legacy for free-market thinkers" below:
