now this is a picture of george stigler. george stigler who worked with milton friedman for many years. taught at the university of chicago. milton friedman in the middle and john kenneth galbraith, very much a keynesian economist. and george stigler who had a very wry sense of humor said all economists are tall. there are two exceptions. john ken eths galbraith and milton friedman. i mean, that is just a classic line. i showed this to ben bernanke once, and he just does not have a sense of humor. the man looked at it and said, that's not logical. that was his answer. that's not logical. so anyway, a lot of -- i had a lot of fun times with milton friedman over the years, but our debates got heated from time to time. friedman was a tough debater. in fact, it has been said that milton friedman never lost a debate in his entire career. now rose, his wife, would dispute that. but nevertheless, i saw friedman in action. i certainly never won a debate with milton friedman. i was in the london underground with the keynesian economi

this is george stigler who worked with milton freeman for many years. milton friedman in the middle. -- aohn kenneth galbraith friend of jfk and very much a kenyan economist. just keynesian economist. george had a very wry sense of humor. he said all economists are tall. there are two exceptions. john kenneth golf rates and milton friedman. [laughter] that is a classic line. i showed this to ben bernanke once and he did not have a sense of humor. [laughter] the man said, that is not logical. that was his answer. anyway, i had a lot of fun times with milton friedman over the years, but our debates got heated from time to time. he was a tough debater. it has been said that milton friedman never lost a debate in his entire career. his wife would dispute that, but nevertheless, i saw friedman in action and i never wanted to debate with him. last year, i was in the london underground with paul krugman. he has quite a high opinion of himself. i'm one point, i said, paul, have you ever lost a debate? he said i really don't think so. i said, it is too bad milto