Posted on 08/18/2009 5:14:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rose Friedman, widow of renowned economist Milton Friedman, passed away in Washington, D.C. today.
Records do not clearly indicate her date of birth, but she was deemed to have been 98. Her husband passed away in November 2006.
Education experts in Pennsylvania and beyond lauded the work she and her late husband performed to popularize efforts to allow parents to choose schools for their children.
“Rose Friedman was an extremely powerful voice in promotion of freedom. In addition to being a vocal supporter of human liberty, her work helped to discredit government management of the economy,” Andrew T. LeFevre, executive director of the Harrisburg-based REACH Foundation, said in a statement. “Parental choice in education for all students in America was a lifelong goal of Rose, as well as of her late husband, Dr. Milton Friedman, often nicknamed the Father of School Choice. We will strive to fulfill her vision that all parents in Pennsylvania will have the ability and means to choose a school that best fits for their child.”
Mrs. Friedman coauthored three books with her husband: the free-market economics works Free to Choose and Tyranny of the Status Quo as well as the memoir Two Lucky People.
RIP.
This from the CATO INSTITYUE WEBSITE :
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/08/18/rose-friedman-passes/
Rose Friedman, co-author of several books with her late husband and Nobel laureate economist Milton, passed away this morning. Rose and Milton co-wrote Free to Choose the wonderful book that formed the basis of Milton’s PBS television series, as well co-writing their joint auto-biography “Two Lucky People.”
She was intimately involved in the school choice movement both before and after Milton’s passing, as co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation for School Choice, ably led by Robert Enlow.
Rose and Milton were not just skilled economists who cared about kids, they were a charming couple. At a casual policy event a decade ago, they shared a single armchair to ensure that there would be enough seats for everyone. They weren’t just models of commitment to a worthy cause, they were models for how two smart, forthright people can build a marriage that lasts a lifetime.
Rose and Milton will long be remembered.
RIP to two fine people.
What a wonderful woman and what an amazing couple. We are all better off because they lived, learned and taught. Thank you both, I’m glad, at least, that you are back together.
RIP - “Free to Choose” is a must-read.
The first victim of Obamacare?
I have no doubt that simply the thought of it could do harm.
I loved to listen to Milton expound on economics -- particularly, his story about how pencils are made.
I am honored to have an autographed book from both of the Friedmans (”Free to Choose”).
They have done much to help the world over their years.
May they rest in peace with God.
A good, long life. RIP.
Here is a reminder on what Milton Friedman ( with the help of his lovely wife, Rose ) said about the Pencil...
“None of the thousands of persons involved in producing the pencil performed his task because he wanted a pencil. Some among them never saw a pencil and would not know what it is for. Each saw his work as a way to get the goods and services he wanted—goods and services we produced in order to get the pencil we wanted. Every time we go to the store and buy a pencil, we are exchanging a little bit of our services for the infinitesimal amount of services that each of the thousands contributed toward producing the pencil.
“It is even more astounding that the pencil was ever produced. No one sitting in a central office gave orders to these thousands of people. No military police enforced the orders that were not given. These people live in many lands, speak different languages, practice different religions, may even hate one another—yet none of these differences prevented them from cooperating to produce a pencil. How did it happen? Adam Smith gave us the answer two hundred years ago.”
If you prefer to listen to his lecture on the pencil, watch his lecture here ( 2 1/2 minutes of economic wisdom ) :
Power of the Market - The Pencil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Gppi-O3a8
RIP.
THX for the post
Never really knew how involved she was until now!
I always default to their position whenever I am presented with analyzing a policy,proposed law, or proposed regulation. If the result will be greater personal freedom it is good. If there will be less personal freedom(the freedom to choose for yourself) it is bad.
RIP and thank you.
Kind of a quaint proposition in light of the Death Panel debate.
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