Capitalism and freedom

Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman

University of Chicago Press, 1962 - Business & Economics - 208 pages

Selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the "hundred most influential books since the war"

How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? 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 for political freedom. The result is an accessible text that has sold well over half a million copies in English, has been translated into eighteen languages, and shows every sign of becoming more and more influential as time goes on.

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Review: Capitalism and Freedom

User Review  - Michael - Goodreads

I typed an entire review but my app deleted it and I don't feel like rewriting the whole thing. So here's the quick summary: Favorite quote (even though the whole book is quotable): "Concentrated ...

Review: Capitalism and Freedom

User Review  - Dimitri Bianco - Goodreads

This is an amazing book. Many people will most likely be offended but it is what America was created on (freedom). The book promotes ways in which to increase individual freedoms which means reducing ...

About the author

Milton Friedman is a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the Paul Snowden Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago. In 1976 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. He has written a number of books, including two with his wife, Rose D. Friedman—the bestselling Free to Choose and Two Lucky People: Memoirs, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Capitalism and freedom
• Authors: Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman
• Edition: 40, reprint
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1962
• ISBN: 0226264211, 9780226264219
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Business & Economics / Free Enterprise; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy