Economist Milton Friedman Dies
Nov. 16, 2006 -- Milton Friedman, a champion of free enterprise who won a Nobel Prize in 1976, died of heart failure today at a hospital ... Read more
Milton Friedman
Recent Articles about Milton Friedman
An Entrepreneurial Hero Dies
Milton Friedman, the libertarian economist who inspired some of Ronald Reagan's deregulatory and laissez faire economic policies, has died, the Wall Stree... Read more
Dr. Friedman's Diagnosis
Excerpts from economist Milton Friedman's session at the House Republican Conference. Read more
Business Ethics
Caveat emptor . This ancient Latin proverb, let the buyer beware , tells us that business ethics has been a societal concern going back a ... Read more
How Business Can Be Good
In a recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal, Jacob Schlesinger wondered, "Why has the '90s so far eluded the 'Decade of Greed' labe... Read more
The Challenge of Social Entrepreneurs
Lessons in creative capitalism from the people at Google. Read more
The Challenge of Social Entrepreneurs
Lessons in creative capitalism from the people at Google. Recently Google announced it is setting aside one percent of its profit... Read more
The "D" Word
As if the "R" word wasn't bad enough, the "D" word is apparantly being discussed at more than a mere whisper. A Read more
Stimulus, Great PR Pitches, and VC Strings
Enter stimulus. The House passes the $825 billion stimulus plan, and no republicans voted for the bill as constituted Read more
The Best Cause of All
U.S. companies are by far bigger givers than their global counterparts. Yet they're not particularly interested in doing good. What gives? Read more
Can Chicago Be Saved?
Among the nation's biggest cities, Chicago lags behind, a victim of political division, a big-company mentality, and its own past success Read more
All In The Household
Japanese companies are committed to maintaining the strengths that characterize the best of family businesses everywhere. Read more
Economist;
His "share economy" may be the best new idea since Keynes: substituting profit sharing for fixed wages as a cure for unemployment. Read more
The Case for More (Not Less) Regulation
Plastics manufacturer Fred Keller has built a thriving, profitable, and highly celebrated business by embracing—rather than resisting—regulation. Read more
Values Added
Do you have to be bad to be good at business? Why are American managers so afraid of ethics? James O'Toole, author of Vanguard Management, champions values a... Read more
Obama Compromises On Taxes -- With Himself
A couple weeks ago, when Barack Obama filled in some of the details of his economic plan -- specifically his tax plan -- conservatives were pleased. The p... Read more
Fast-growth Candidate
Other Presidential hopefuls have tried to sell themselves to the entrepreneur. Jack Kemp is the first to market entrepreneurship to the rest of the country. Read more
Blind Ambition
Two companies fight over the patent rights to fiber optic HDTV (high-definition television). Read more
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