Jennifer Burns

Nov 15, 2024 | wsj.com | Jennifer Burns

WSJ Opinion: The Trump Protests FizzleYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 4:48WSJ Opinion: The Trump Protests FizzlePlay video: WSJ Opinion: The Trump Protests FizzleInflation is remaking America—again. It looms above all competing explanations for Donald Trump’s comeback. Despite the widespread belief that the worst economic cost of curing inflation—a steep recession—had been avoided, it turned out the political price had yet to be paid.

Nov 15, 2024 | wsj.com | Jennifer Burns

John Maynard Keynes said the best way to overturn “the existing basis of society” was to debauch the currency—wisdom he attributed to Vladimir Lenin. The 1970s illustrate his point. While the rest of us think of disco, wide ties and Richard Nixon, economists know this decade as “the Great Inflation”—a steady and sustained rise in prices for nearly a decade, at a rate that in some years exceeded 10%.

Aug 19, 2024 | princeton.edu | Jennifer Burns

Book Talk: “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative” By Jennifer Burns Lecture, Other, History Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Email Print Book Talk: “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative”Jennifer Burns is a historian of the twentieth century United States working at the intersection of intellectual, political, and cultural history, with a particular interest in ideas about the state, markets, and capitalism and how these play out in policy and politics.

Jun 3, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Jennifer Burns

Joseph Stiglitz has been arguably the world’s most eminent economist for decades. His pathbreaking work on information asymmetries in markets earned him a jointly awarded Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001. He chaired Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers; served as chief economist of the World Bank; and spearheaded the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

Mar 19, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Jennifer Burns |Julia Cartwright |James Hankins |David Krugler

Good friend and fellow economist, Arnold Harberger, describes Milton Friedman as having “no frills, no pettiness, no fear.” It is with this countenance that Friedman spearheaded the monetarist movement in opposition to the prevailing wisdom of Keynesian economics throughout the twentieth century. Milton Friedman was a counter-revolutionary stalwart in advocating for the merits of unfettered markets and limited governmental interference.