Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

male, deceased (2006)
Milton Friedman (July 31 1912 - November 16 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. An advocate of laissez-faire...

Wilhelm Röpke

male, deceased (1966)
Wilhelm Röpke was one of the most important spiritual fathers of the German social market economy. He was born in Schwarmstedt, a village near H...
Walter Block

Walter Block

male, 68 years old
Walter Block (born 1941) is a leading free market economist and anarcho-capitalist associated with the Austrian School.
George Reisman

George Reisman

male, 72 years old
George Gerald Reisman (born January 13 1937) is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pepperdine University and author of the massive 1,050-page...
Friedrich A. Hayek

Friedrich A. Hayek

male, deceased (1992)
At the London School of Economics, Hayek was instrumental in furthering its then-novel "continental" bent and he was highly influential on his...
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

male, deceased (1862)
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, de...

Randal O'Toole

male
Randal O'Toole is an American economist and public policy expert. He has held the position of director at the Oregon-based Thoreau Institute since...
Robert P. Murphy

Robert P. Murphy

male, 33 years old
Robert P. "Bob" Murphy (born 23 May 1976) is an Austrian School economist and free market-oriented author.
Rod Dreher

Rod Dreher

male, 42 years old
Rod Dreher (b. February 14, 1967), originally from St. Francisville, Louisiana, is a Dallas-based writer and editor. He is an assistant editorial...
Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes

female
Amity Shlaes is an American columnist from New York, who writes about politics and economics. She is an advocate for free markets. She writes a...