Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Award
In 1976, Friedman won the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel "for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy."
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