Samuelson vs Friedman

In 1966, two distinguished economists signed on as columnists for Newsweek magazine. His job: to discuss current economics and business. Paul Samuelson was a prominent figure in the field of Keynesian economics, advocating economic policies along the lines of John Maynard Keynes's General Theory. For his part, Milton Friedman, virtually unknown at the time outside liberal academic circles, advocated "monetarism," insisting that the Federal Reserve keep tight control over the amount of money in circulation. In Samuelson vs. Friedman, journalist and writer Nicholas Wapshott crafts an entertaining and absorbing tale of these two giants of modern economics, their intertwined lives, and their colossal intellectual battle.