Friedman
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Bruce Jay, 1930–2020, U.S. novelist.
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Milton, 1912–2006, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1976.
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Patri Friedman, a software engineer and grandson of economist Milton Friedman, first tried building floating city-states, and then launched a fund to seed “startup cities.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
“When you have an acute need, it’s really challenging, because you’re paying 150 cents, 200 cents on the dollar,” Friedman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
He simultaneously emerged as a sharp critic of the economic thought of prominent free-market thinkers such as Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“There just aren’t that many star-level players in the game,” Friedman said Wednesday afternoon when asked how aggressive the Dodgers would be in pursuing big-name players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Before the summer was over, however, she shared her doubts with another Riverbank worker, a young scientist named William Frederick Friedman.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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