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...Drew G. Faust, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and a discussion by a panel of prominent playwrights. In 2000, the University purchased the theater from the Institute of 1770, a private organization that is affiliated with the HPT, the Kroks, and the Pitches, according to HPT Press Manager Talisa B. Friedman ’10. “It’s definitely going to be different because we’ll be sharing the building with all these other student groups,” Friedman said. “But it’s such a nice place that...
...book you frequently take the idea of "disaster capitalism" back to Milton Friedman. So is this his fault? Milton Friedman is held up as really the guru of the modern global market. But my view on Friedman is, I don't think it's his fault in the sense that the role he played was more dictated by history and forces far more powerful than him. I think he was a gifted popularlizer and a gifted communicator, which is one of the reasons why the University of Chicago was so lavishly supported by Wall Street and why his own projects...
...other side of it - and I think this is much more important - is the way in which the University of Chicago was used a tool of U.S. foreign policy. That's why I concentrate so much on Friedman and the University of Chicago because in the 1950s and '60s there was a strategy at the U.S. State Department to try to challenge the rise of economic nationalism in the developing world, particularly in Latin America. A move to the left in Latin America that was threatening the interests of U.S. foreign multinationals in countries like Argentina, and a sort...
...YORK CITY Ettore Sottsass A show of new work by the iconic architect and designer will inaugurate the Friedman Benda gallery (Sept...
...Bernanke] has, I think the inflation targeting approach is a reasonable goal,” he said. “Focusing on maintaining low and stable inflation rate leads to more certainty and predictability in the economy.” However, while Maier Professor of Political Economy Benjamin M. Friedman ’66 understands this outlook, he stressed in an e-mailed statement that “it’s important to remember that there are worse things than 2 percent inflation, and from time to time we have them.” Miron also expressed less sympathy...