Milton Friedman Celebration 2010 featuring Michael Podgursky, Susan Feigenbaum and Daniel Thornton

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By Michael Podgursky , Daniel Thornton and Susan K. Feigenbaum | Read Time 1 min

On July 30, 2010, the Show-Me Institute joined many other think tanks around the nation by hosting an event in celebration of the life and legacy of the influential economist Milton Friedman.

At this event, Dr. Michael Podgursky spoke of the benefits of school choice, Dr. Susan Feigenbaum spoke of the negative impacts of discrimination in a free market, and Dr. Daniel Thornton spoke of the dangers of irresponsible monetary policy. Dr. Joseph Haslag moderated, and Dr. Bonnie Wilson introduced the event.

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Michael Podgursky

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Michael Podgursky is Chancellor's Professor of economics at the University of Missouri Columbia, where he served as department chair from 1995 to 2005, and research fellow and former director at the Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research at St. Louis University. He is a former fellow of...
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Daniel Thornton was vice president and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis before retiring in 2014. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in 1981 Dr. Thornton was an associate professor of economics at Central Michigan University. Thornton received his Ph.D....
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Susan K. Feigenbaum

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Susan Feigenbaum, Ph.D., is Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus & Founders' Professor in Economics at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Previously, Feigenbaum was an associate professor of economics at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School. She has also been a...
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