Benjamin M. Friedman
American economist (born 1944)
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Friedman received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees, all in economics, from Harvard University. He also received an M.Sc. in economics and politics from King's College, Cambridge, as a Marshall Scholar. He has been on the Harvard faculty since 1972. Currently Friedman is a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
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Personal life
Friedman married Barbara Cook in 1972. Their son, John Friedman, is the inaugural dean of the Watson School of International and Public Affairs.
Partial bibliography
- Economic Stabilization Policy: Methods in Optimization, American Elsevier (1975)
- Monetary Policy in the United States: Design and Implementation, Association of Reserve City Bankers (1981)
- Day of Reckoning: The Consequences of American Economic Policy under Reagan and After, Random House (1988)
- Implications of Increasing Corporate Indebtedness for Monetary Policy, Group of Thirty (New York, NY) (1990)
- Does Debt Management Matter?, with Jonas Agell and Mats Persson, Oxford University Press (New York, NY) (1992)
- The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, Knopf (2005)
- Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Knopf (2021)
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