Sad day in econ

Milton Friedman has died. While I never "worshipped" Friedman the way some do, I do think he was one of the most important economists of the 20th century. As a colleague said, "Friedman is one of the few guys about whom you can say, 'There are parts of the world that would be significantly different had he not been around.'" If nothing else I think we owe him a debt of gratitude for at least checking the ascendancy of Keynesian fiscal policies.

Man, his Wikipedia entry was updated quickly.