This is one of my favorite parables, highlighting the nature of our income tax system and debates about who should pay. The late economist Milton ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Critics blasted the Dodgers for their quiet trade deadline, acquiring only minor pieces while rivals landed top ...

A former architect who got a career boost from Danny Kaye, he wrote for comedies, dramas and animation, where he created a backstory for G.J. Joe. By Aaron Couch, Mike Barnes Ron Friedman, who wrote ...

Ronald I. Friedman, a television and film writer and producer known for his work on “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,” the 1986 “The Transformers: The Movie” and “Marvel Action Hour,” died Sept. 15. He ...

Notorious gangster Al Capone attempts to help unemployed men with his soup kitchen "Big Al's Kitchen for the Needy." The kitchen provides three meals a day consisting of soup with meat, bread, coffee, ...

It is popular in economics to employ metaphors in order to provide support to a particular idea. For example, concepts like “priming the pump” through expansionary monetary policy. In another case, ...

A funny thing blocked the path to another Andrew Friedman midsummer triumph. An Andrew Friedman midsummer failure. The Dodgers and their renowned baseball boss came to bat at baseball’s trade deadline ...

With over $1 million in donations, the top fundraiser in the race to fill U.S. Rep. Danny Davis’ downtown Chicago seat is real estate scion Jason Friedman. Friedman brings both real estate and ...

Today marks the 113th birthday of economist Milton Friedman, one of history’s most consequential free-market advocates. Reflecting on the work of Friedman this year reminds us how much more sound and ...

Milton Friedman, my teacher and friend, was born on this day in 1912. Widely understood to have been one of the foremost economists of all time, with a mastery of quantitative aspects of the study of ...

In school-choice circles, Milton Friedman’s 1955 essay “The Role of Government in Education” is considered a (if not the) seminal text. It’s often credited with being the first to propose a ...

Nazem Kadri’s name keeps surfacing in connection with the Toronto Maple Leafs if the Calgary Flames eventually entertain a trade of their top-line center. According to Elliotte Friedman, much of that ...