In the News
Mar 5
“U of C Cuts Budget as Endowment Shrinks” Steven R. Strahler, Chicago Business
Mar 4
“Ivory Tower Unswayed by Crashing Economy” Patricia Cohen, The New York Times
Feb 6
“The Failed Prophet” Sen. Bernie Sanders, In These Times
Jan 30
“Milton Friedman is the Worst Possible Taste at Present” Alex Millmow, Business Day
Jan 27
“A Dark Age of Macroeconomics” Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Jan 26
“Time to Bang My Head Against the Wall Some More (Pre-Elementary Monetary Economics Department)” Brad DeLong
Dec 23
“Friedman Would Be Roiled as Chicago Disciples Rue Repudiation” John Lippert, Bloomberg
Dec 18
“Milton Friedman’s Legacies: On the U.S. Economic Crisis, University of Chicago”
Dec 3
“Macroeconomics-with a local angle” Shira Tevah, University of Chicago Magazine
Nov 30
“What’s In a Name?” Amy Braverman Puma, University of Chicago Magazine
Nov 17
“‘Chicago Boys’ Home” Adrián Bleifuss Prados, In These Times
Nov 4
“There’s No Place Like Home” Meghan O’Rourke, Slate
Nov 4
“A (Slight) Name Change for Milton Friedman Institute” Andy Guess, Inside Higher Ed
Oct 31
“Econ Institute Retains Augmented Friedman Moniker” Michael Lipkin, Chicago Maroon
Oct 27
“At U. of Chicago, Dispute Over Friedman Center Continues to Simmer” David Glenn, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Oct 23
“Debate Over Economics Think Tank Continues at University of Chicago” Peter Sachs, Chi-Town Daily News
Oct 21
“CORES Petition Could Force Second Senate Meeting on Friedman Institute” Adrian Florido, Chicago Maroon
Oct 20
“Debate Rages Over Legacy of a Free-Market Icon” Michael Tarm, Associated Press
Oct 17
“Rifts Develop within MFI Committee” Sara Jerome, Chicago Maroon
Oct 17
“Faculty Senate Meets to Discuss Friedman Institute” Adrian Florido, Michael Lipkin, Chicago Maroon
Oct 15
“Chicago News Covers the Sit-In and Faculty Senate Meeting” WTTW11 Chicago News
Oct 15
“Milton Friedman Institute Spurs Chicago Faculty Clash” Oliver Staley and John Lippert, Bloomberg
Oct 15
“Faculty Wars: The Debate Over the Milton Friedman Institute” Claire McNear, University of Chicago Examiner
Oct 14
“Financial Crisis Haunts Milton Friedman’s Legacy” Andrew Stern, Reuters
Oct 14
“Provost Shortens Discussion Time for Friedman Institute at Faculty Senate Meeting This Week” Michael Lipkin, Chicago Maroon
Oct 14
“U of C Faculty Meets to Debate Friedman Institute Plan” Steven R. Strahler, Chicago Business
Oct 10
“An Empty Edifice to Friedman” Matt Andersson, Chicago Maroon
Oct 6
Naomi Klein’s Talk on Democracy Now
Oct 4
“Naomi Klein Lambasts Friedman Institute Plans” Sara Jerome, Chicago Maroon
Oct 2
“Sticking It to Milton” David Hoyt, The Huffington Post
Sep 22
“Faculty Senate to Weigh Future of New Friedman Institute” Michael Lipkin, Chicago Maroon
Sep 12
“The Chicago School’s Record of Infamy” Michael Hudson, Counterpunch
Sep 5
“Friedman’s Misplaced Monument” Henry CK Liu, The Asia Times
Aug 29
“Guerra fra neocon e liberal nel nome di Friedman” Ennio Caretto, Corriere della Sera (Milan)
Aug 28
“University’s Plans for Milton Friedman Institute Spark Outcry” Kari Lyderson, The Washington Post
Aug 26
“Milton Friedman gives Chicago a headache” Kurt Jacobsen, The Guardian
Aug 20
“We’re Not All Friedmanites Now” Thomas Frank, The Wall Street Journal
Aug 20
“Friedman Na Berlinda” Luiz Antonio Cintra, CartaCapital
Aug 19
“Arguing About the Milton Friedman Institute” Matt Zeitlin, pushback.org
Aug 18
“Institute Will Give the U. of Chicago a Bad Name” Marshall Sahlins, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Aug 15
“U. of C. faculty may have say on Friedman Institute plans” Jodi Cohen, The Chicago Tribune
Aug 7
“The Trouble with Friedman” The Economist
Jul 21
“Good Scholarship is Worth Honoring” L. Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal
Jul 16
“Faculty members protest Milton Friedman Institute” Michael Lipkin, The Chicago Maroon
Jul 12
“On Chicago Campus, Milton Friedman’s Legacy of Controversy Continues” Patricia Cohen, New York Times
Jun 23
“David Warsh on the New Milton Friedman Institute” Steven D. Levitt, The New York Times
Jun 22
“The Chicago School (and the Russert Wing)” David Warsh, economicprincipals.com
Jun 20
“The Center for Disaster Economics” Michael C. Moynihan, Reason.com
Jun 19
“Divesting from Milton Friedman” Adam Kissell, Fire’s The Torch
Jun 18
“A Free Market in Grumbling: Chicago Scholars Object to Plans for Milton Friedman Center” David Glenn, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Jun 18
“Milton Friedman Center Runs into Faculty Protest” Real Time Economics, The Wall Street Journal
Jun 18
“Naming U. of C. research center after Nobel Prize winner has faculty split” Jodi Cohen, The Chicago Tribune
Jun 12
“Obama’s Chicago Boys” Naomi Klein, The Nation
May 15
“University of Chicago to Establish Friedman Institute” Oliver Staley, Bloomberg.com
May 15
“Chicago Theological Seminary Plans New Facility on University of Chicago Campus” Chicago Theological Seminary
May 15
“University of Chicago economists to focus their pioneering research in new institute honoring the memory of Milton Friedman” University of Chicago, news.uchicago.edu