Rose Director Friedman ; born Rose Director (30 December 1910 – 18 August 2009) was a

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economist and co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation.

Biography

Rose Director was born in Staryi Chortoryisk, in

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, to the Director family, prominent Jewish residents. She is believed to have been born the last week of December 1910; however, the birth records have been lost. In her youth, she wrote articles with Dorothy Brady on consumption. Rose Friedman attended

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and then transferred to the

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, where she received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree. After this she began to study for a doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago and completed all work necessary for the PhD except for writing the dissertation. She was married to her frequent collaborator,

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and ...

(1912–2006), who won the 1976

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. Her brother,

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(1901–2004), was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School and one of the founders of the economic analysis of law. With Milton, she co-wrote two books on economics and public policy, ''

Free to Choose ''Free to Choose: A Personal Statement'' is a 1980 book by economists Milton and Rose D. Friedman, accompanied by a 10-part series broadcast on public television, that advocates free market principles. It was primarily a response to an earlie ...

'' and ''Tyranny of the Status Quo'', and their memoirs ''Two Lucky People'', which appeared in 1998. Together they founded

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(formerly the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation), with the aim of promoting the use of

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and freedom of choice in education. She also co-produced the PBS television series, ''

'', and assisted her husband in writing his 1962 political philosophy book ''

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''. She received an honorary LL.D. in December 1986 from

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. When Milton received his Medal of Freedom in 1988, President

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said jokingly in his speech that Rose was known for being the only person to ever have won an argument against Milton. The Friedmans had two children,

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and

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References

External links

The Friedman Foundation

by

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