Benjamin Morton Friedman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born 1944) is an American political economist, who is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institute's Panel on Economic Activity, and the editorial board of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
He is a recipient of the John R. Commons Award, given by the economics honor society Omicron Delta Epsilon.
[2] Friedman received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees, all in economics, from Harvard University.
in economics and politics from King's College, Cambridge, as a Marshall Scholar.