A crititcal analysis of the first work written for the general public by the highly influential American economist Milton Friedman. Capitalism and Freedom argues that economies and societies work best when a free market functions with minimal government interference.
In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of his immensely influential economic philosophy—one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition ...
In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of an immensely influential economic philosophy—one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition ...
About Capitalism and Freedom This book formulates markets as chief proponents of personal freedoms and warns against the tyrannical force government can wield by intruding on economics.
This book debunks the conservative classics while demonstrating that the marketplace has its own great centers of power, which the libertarian tradition itself claims is a limit to freedom.
I am grateful to Dr Jin Zhang and Dr Chunhang Liu for innumerable discussions surrounding the issues raised in this book; to Dr Charles Curwen for his careful reading of the whole manuscript and for many valuable observations; ...
Real Freedom for All will be essential reading for anyone concerned about the just society and the welfare state as we move into the twenty first century.
... different.58 Still not all scholars are convinced, and some would insist that a specifically “medieval market morality” existed.59 This is obvious, as times and ages change, as do people's conceptualizations of markets and economy.
But as Folsom points out, the most successful entrepreneurs, such as James Jerome Hill, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller, were neither robber barons nor “political entrepreneurs.” They were “market entrepreneurs”—honest ...
Freedom or Equality addresses those challenges while presenting a fresh examination of Social Capitalism—a moderate option between extreme solutions of all sorts that can deliver superior growth and prosperity worldwide.
In this classic discussion, Milton and Rose Friedman explain how our freedom has been eroded and our affluence undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington.