Stanford History Professor. New book Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative. Also wrote Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.

Palo Alto, CA
Joined October 2009
📖🏆We are proud to announce that @Stanford historian @profburns has been awarded the 2025 Age of Reagan Conference Book Prize for her critically acclaimed biography, Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative. More here: reaganfoundation.org/reagan-…
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in Charlotte, NC for the Policy History Conference, will be speaking at the plenary, "Does Political History Have a Future?"
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How could I resist doing a podcast with such a great name, Smith and Marx Walk Into a Bar, @smith_into also with an all star cast of academic interviewers @cinlamak,@Alnonoju, and Jennifer Jhun from across three countries and 10 time zones... enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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We are excited to announce the finalists for our 2025 Age of Reagan Conference Book Prize: "America's Cold Warrior" by @jamesgramwilson "Weapons In Space" by @aaronbateman22 "Buckley" by Sam Tanenhaus "Milton Friedman" by @profburns Learn more about our finalists, their outstanding scholarship, and the Age of Reagan Conference here: reaganfoundation.org/reagan-…
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Jennifer Burns retweeted
Replying to @economicthought
correction: my book was not based on "a private collection held within the Friedman family that contains private correspondence, lecture notes, typescripts and draft works, and much else besides." I used the Friedman papers at @HooverArchives at Stanford, a major research archive of 20th c history, with holdings on Russia, China, Iraq, North Korea, and ideologies of every stripe. I was pretty surprised to see the author was unaware of this collection, given its relevance to neoliberalism. It's important for all to know these papers and many more are not only open to all researchers, but that there are a variety of fellowships available to underwrite travel costs. And many are digitized, here is the searchable portion of Friedman's archive: miltonfriedman.hoover.org/co…
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Back from a lecture on Milton Friedman at @CenterEconomy attended by many undergrads who attentively no screens no texting... impressive!
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PS I don't think we are all post-liberals now
Today (3/13): #StanfordHistory Prof Jennifer Burns @profburns engages Prof @PatrickDeneen (@NotreDame) about his work on liberalism, neoliberalism, postliberalism in cotemporary U.S. politics. Event is organized by @StanfordEthics. More: events.stanford.edu/event/we… @HumanAtStanford
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EVENT: Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative Professor Jennifer Burns (@profburns) joins Professor Tom Simpson to discuss her latest book and the evolution of conservatism in America. 🇺🇲 📅 18 March, 17:30 Register ⬇️ ow.ly/WzAv50VfzH4
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Today (3/13): #StanfordHistory Prof Jennifer Burns @profburns engages Prof @PatrickDeneen (@NotreDame) about his work on liberalism, neoliberalism, postliberalism in cotemporary U.S. politics. Event is organized by @StanfordEthics. More: events.stanford.edu/event/we… @HumanAtStanford
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It's my first ever trip to @Princeton and I've got a full day of meetings, podcasts, etc etc culminating in a talk at the Rabinowitz public policy school. Wish me luck!
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And they wonder why I call him Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative - see who you know in this photo - (posting outtakes from the book for his 112th!) #miltonposting
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Happy Birthday Milton Friedman! Politics makes strange bedfellows, here's a signed pick from populist Democrat /anti-Fed crusader / Friedman ally Wright Patman, I describe their relationship in Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative #miltonposting
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Calling Milton Friedman... Happy 112th Birthday! (Sharing some outtakes from Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative)
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Happy Birthday Milton Friedman! Posting some fav photos I found while researching my book Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative.. starting with the Boy Scouts (he's on the left)! @HooverInst @HooverArchives @FreeToChooseNet
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