Q&A: Friedman in Nobel Survey

Updated Nov. 19, 2006 8:21 p.m. ET

In June 2004, The Wall Street Journal surveyed all the Nobel Prize-winning economists. Here are Milton Friedman's answers.

Q: Which economy do you expect to be the biggest 75 years from now: U.S., European Union, China?

A: China

Q: Which country comes closest to getting economic policy right today?

A: Hong Kong, thanks to the legacy of the British administration.

Q: Who was the most important economist of the 20th century besides you?

A: John Maynard Keynes

Q: Who deserved the Nobel but didn't get it?

A: Joan Robinson and Peter Bauer

Q: What single breakth...

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