Today we remember a man and economist who contributed much to the ideas of the free market and individual liberty. Ben Stein had this to say about Friedman;

“Friedman was always discussed in tones of awe. Among a class of brilliant men and women, he stood out. He was gifted in analysis, fearless and in control in mathematics and statistics, able to assimilate massive amounts of data and make theories from them. Beyond that, far beyond that, he had a vision of what was important in the world, and that was freedom. Freedom of thought, freedom of action, free markets, free societies, free man and woman. Friedman had seen that freedom brought happiness and statism breought misery, mass killing, and humiliation. He preached from that good gospel all of his life.”