现年82岁的米尔顿·弗里德曼,是位老资格的当代美国著名经济学家。由于他对现代货币理论和货币政策的杰出贡献,国际经济学界1976年曾将诺贝尔经济学奖得主的殊荣授于他。1993年10月下旬,弗里德曼夫妇再次应邀访问我国,受到国家主席江泽民的接见。他在沪逗留期间,本刊记者抓住机会专程向他作了学术请教。我们曾在5年前(1988年)见过一次。弗里德曼教授慈祥随和,诙谐开朗,思路敏捷,言辞坦诚,一旦打开了话匣子,则滔滔不绝…… Milton Friedman, now 82, is a veteran American contemporary economist. Because of his outstanding contributions to modern monetary theory and monetary policy, the international economics profession awarded him the honor of the Nobel Prize winner in economics in 1976. In late October 1993, the Friedman couple was again invited to visit our country and was interviewed by President Jiang Zemin. During his stay in Shanghai, our reporter took the opportunity to make a special trip to him for academic advice. We met once five years ago (1988). Professor Friedman kind and easy-going, humorous, quick thinking, frank, once the opening of the chatterbox, then endless ......