Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

Lanny Ebenstein

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Lanny Ebenstein

Lanny Ebenstein received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and teaches the history of economic thought and economic history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of the first biographies of Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman, and is the editor of a collection of Friedman’s essays. His 2015 book Chicagonomics: The Evolution of Chicago Free Market Economics was an “Editor’s Choice” selection in the New York Times Book Review. Dr. Ebenstein is currently at work on a book on progressive taxation. His email address is ebenstein@​econ.ucsb.edu.