Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman, 94, passed away today in San Francisco. Here are a Financial Times obituary and a University of Chicago press release (via Chicagoboyz.)

Roundup of reactions:

• Pejman Yousefzadeh: “We are bereft a friend, a teacher and a mighty ally.”
• Snarksmith: “Friedman was a champion of liberty and reason who transcended his discipline.”
• Mises Economics Blog: “a leading figure in the fight for limited government and personal freedom”
  
• Angry Bear: “…one of the great ones.”
• Larry Kudlow: “one of those few people about whom it can be said that he truly left the world a better place.”
  
• Spare Change: “His ideas about a free market economy changed the world.”
• Marketbeat Blog has a roundup of economists’ reactions.
• Asymetrical Information: “as successful inside the academy as outside it.”
• Smart Internet Marketing: “articulate, compelling, gracious, and very funny.”
• Winterspeak: “the Yoda of Economics”

More:

• Joe’s Dartblog: “May he rest in peace.”
• Instapundit links to a number of interviews and profiles.
• Virginia Postrel: “One of my heros.”
• Vox Baby: “Without question the leading conservative economist of the 20th century.”
• Economist’s View: “with all his fame and all the demands on his time, [he] showed he still had time to help a young assistant professor”
• Brad DeLong: “We will miss him,” plus a timeline of Friedman’s life

Thanks to commenter PGL for links to Vox Baby, Economist’s View, and Brad DeLong.

Still more:

• Links to Milton Friedman quotes and interviews from John Hawkins (via Tigerhawk)