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The Institute for Justice Manhattan Institute For over 30 years, the Manhattan Institute has been an important force in shaping American political culture and developing ideas that foster economic choice and individual responsibility. We have supported and publicized research on our era's most challenging public policy issues: taxes, health care, energy, the legal system, policing, crime, homeland security, urban life, education, race, culture, and many others. Our work has won new respect for market-oriented policies and helped make reform a reality. Located in New York City, the Manhattan Institute produces ideas that are both literally and figuratively outside the Beltway. Our program of luncheon forums, conferences, and publications reaches a broad audience. From our founding, the Manhattan Institute has also supported books that drive policy discussion. City Journal is a cutting-edge magazine published quarterly by the Manhattan Institute and devoted to culture, urban affairs, and civic life. Edited by Brian C.
Milton Friedman American economist and statistician (1912–2006) Friedman's challenges to what he called "naive Keynesian theory"[12] began with his interpretation of consumption, which tracks how consumers spend. He introduced a theory which would later become part of the mainstream and among the first to propagate the theory of consumption smoothing.[6][13] During the 1960s, he became the main advocate opposing Keynesian government policies,[14] and described his approach (along with mainstream economics) as using "Keynesian language and apparatus" yet rejecting its initial conclusions.[15] He theorized that there existed a natural rate of unemployment and argued that unemployment below this rate would cause inflation to accelerate. Early life[edit] Jenő Saul Friedman, Milton Friedman's father Friedman was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 31, 1912. Milton Friedman and future wife Rose Friedman in 1935 Public service[edit] The NBER, where Friedman worked, starting in 1937 Academic career[edit] Death[edit]