John Blundell

John Blundell

  • Director General & Ralph Harris Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs

Mr. Blundell has dedicated his career to ensuring that personal liberty is a leading concern in policy and academic discussions the world over.  In his role in Enterprise Africa! he continues this effort by helping to bring the information collected through case study to the attention of policymakers and the media in Europe. 

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Why Is There No Milton Friedman Today?

Econ Journal Watch
By Daniel Klein, Tyler Cowen, John Blundell, David R. Henderson, David Colander, Richard Epstein, James Galbraith, J. Daniel Hammond, Daniel Houser, Steven Medema, Sam Peltzman, Richard Posner |
May 21, 2013

Imagine that someone with all the endowments of a Milton Friedman were born in the 1960s or 1970s. Is it conceivable that such a person would develop into a ‘Milton Friedman’ like we know the actual Friedman to have been, including his academic eminence and his eloquent and influential advocacy of classical liberalism? Here leading economists address the question: Why is there no Milton Friedman today?

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