In her new book Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative, which forms the basis of this event, Jennifer Burns traces Friedman's long-standing collaborations with women, including economist Anna Schwartz; his complex relationship with powerful figures such as Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns and Treasury Secretary George Shultz; and his direct interventions in policymaking at the highest levels.
Meet our speaker and chair
Jennifer Burns is Associate Professor of History at Stanford University. She is a historian of the twentieth century United States working at the intersection of intellectual, political, and cultural history, with a particular interest in ideas about the state, markets, and capitalism and how these play out in policy and politics.
Olivier Accominotti is Professor of Economic History at LSE and the Director of the Financial History Group. His research explores the history of the global financial system and financial crises, with a particular focus on international crisis propagation, global capital flows, foreign exchange markets and currency speculation, sovereign debt defaults, international trade finance, and the structure of the global money market.
The LSE Financial History (FH) Group brings together LSE researchers exploring key questions in money and finance from a historical and interdisciplinary perspective. Its research provides key insights into the factors that shape global financial markets in the long run, and provides historical perspectives on recent monetary and financial developments.
The Department of Economic History (@LSEEcHist) is one of the world's leading centres for research and teaching economic history. It is home to a huge breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise ranging from the medieval period to the current century.
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