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Milton Friedman on Money

1912–2006 United States

← All quotes by Milton Friedman

5 quotes

One reason why money is a mystery to so many is the role of myth or fiction or convention.

Money Mischief (1992)

Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.

To paraphrase Clemenceau, money is much too serious a matter to be left to the Central Bankers.

Capitalism and Freedom (1962)

The use of quantity of money as a target has not been a success. I'm not sure that I would as of today push it as hard as I once did.

The great enemy of human freedom is the Government. By taking money out of our pockets and spending it, it destroys our freedom.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Milton Friedman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.