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Benjamin Morton Friedman (born 1944) is a leading American political economist. Friedman is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institute's Panel on Economic Activity, and the editorial board of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

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 where he was a Marshall Scholar. He has been on the Harvard faculty since 1972. Currently Friedman is a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. ...more

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	Religion and the Rise of Capitalism 3.91 avg rating — 347 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth 3.75 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day of Reckoning: The Consequences of American Economic Policy 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religious Influences on Economic Thinking: The Origins of Modern Economics (Karl Brunner Distinguished Lecture Series) 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corporate Capital Structures in the United States 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbook of Monetary Economics 3A (Volume 3A) (Handbooks in Economics, Volume 3A) by Benjamin M. Friedman (Editor), Michael Woodford (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbook of Monetary Economics (Volume 3B) (Handbooks in Economics, Volume 3B) by Benjamin M. Friedman (Editor), Michael Woodford (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Changing roles of debt and equity in financing U.S. capital formation (A Project report / National Bureau of Economic Research) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New challenges to the role of profit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Financing Corporate Capital Formation (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Scientific thought is a development of pre-scientific thought. —Albert Einstein”
― Benjamin M. Friedman, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

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― Benjamin M. Friedman, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

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“These further, secular implications were in turn closely aligned with the key elements of the new thinking that in time produced the Smithian revolution in economics and then shaped the evolution of modern economics ever since. To be sure, recognizing the logical connection between ideas, or even sets of ideas, is not the same as establishing historical influence.89 But not only did the transition in thinking that set the foundation for modern economics closely follow the movement away from orthodox Calvinism in time, the two shared a logical coherence as well. To a large extent, in their thinking about both philosophy and what we now call economics, Smith and his contemporaries were secularizing the essential substance of their clerical friends’ theological principles.90”
― Benjamin M. Friedman, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

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