 There's a great statement by Milton Friedman, and he said, nobody spends somebody else's money as wisely as their own. Milton and Rose Friedman. Milton Friedman. The mayors of Moscow and Leningrad discuss Milton Friedman. I've read Gary Becker and Stigler and Friedman and all those guys. Milton Friedman, the conservative economist back in the late 80s, said there's only one obligation a corporation has, and that's to their shareholders.