Milton Friedman
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Milton Friedman was a prominent American economist and Nobel laureate known for his advocacy of free-market capitalism, monetarism, and limited government intervention in the economy.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Milton Friedman canonical | 66 |
| Friedman | 1 |
| George Stigler | 1 |
| Milton Friedman (in some later editions) | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milton Friedman Context triple: [Margaret Thatcher, influencedBy, Milton Friedman]
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A.
Friedrich Hayek
Friedrich Hayek was an Austrian-British economist and political philosopher known for his defense of classical liberalism, free-market capitalism, and critiques of central economic planning.
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B.
Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises was an Austrian School economist and social philosopher known for his work on praxeology, economic calculation, and critiques of socialism and government intervention.
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C.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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D.
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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E.
Paul A. Volcker
Paul A. Volcker was an influential American economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman renowned for combating high inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milton Friedman Target entity description: Milton Friedman was a prominent American economist and Nobel laureate known for his advocacy of free-market capitalism, monetarism, and limited government intervention in the economy.
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A.
Friedrich Hayek
Friedrich Hayek was an Austrian-British economist and political philosopher known for his defense of classical liberalism, free-market capitalism, and critiques of central economic planning.
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B.
Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises was an Austrian School economist and social philosopher known for his work on praxeology, economic calculation, and critiques of socialism and government intervention.
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C.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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D.
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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E.
Paul A. Volcker
Paul A. Volcker was an influential American economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman renowned for combating high inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Medal of Science
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Anna Schwartz ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-07-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-11-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Rutgers University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
Hoover Institution
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National Bureau of Economic Research ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish Americans
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surface form:
Jewish American
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| familyName |
Milton Friedman
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Friedman
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| fieldOfWork |
economic policy
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macroeconomics ⓘ monetary economics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Milton ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of free-market capitalism
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consumption function theory ⓘ critique of Keynesian economics ⓘ monetarism ⓘ natural rate of unemployment ⓘ permanent income hypothesis ⓘ school voucher advocacy ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Chicago School economics
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surface form:
Chicago school of economics
classical liberalism ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960
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Capitalism and Freedom ⓘ Free to Choose ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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economist ⓘ statistician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn
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surface form:
Brooklyn, New York City, United States of America
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| placeOfDeath |
San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States of America
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| politicalIdeology |
classical liberalism
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libertarianism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Rose Friedman ⓘ |
| yearOfAward |
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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surface form:
1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Friedman
this entity surface form:
George Stigler
this entity surface form:
Milton Friedman (in some later editions)
subject surface form:
Essays on the Great Depression