Milton Friedman was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 31st, 1912. Friedman came from an unwealthy immigrant family and he was the youngest in the family. He grew up in Rahway, New Jersey where he attended school. In 1928, Friedman was given a scholarship to attend Rutgers University. He took the scholarship, and he had originally majored in mathematics until he met a couple professors which inspired him to change his major in economics. Friedman decided to continue his education in graduate school to continue studying economics at the University of Chicago where he became an economist by the year 1932. He later studied mathematics statistics in 1934 at Columbia University.
Friedman became a very famous economist throughout his career. He
Friedman became a very famous economist throughout his career. He