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- Product code: 131083
- ISBN: 0226264211,
ISBN13: 9780226264219,
210 pages, paperback
Published by University of Chicago Press on 2002
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Description of Capitalism and Freedom |
It is a rare professor who greatly alters the thinking of his professional colleagues. It's an even rarer one who helps transform the world. Friedman has done both." - Stephen Chapman, Chicago Tribune How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In his classic book, Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman presents his view of the proper role of competitive capitalism - the organization of the bulk of economic activity through private enterprise operating in a free market - as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom. He also outlines the role that government should play in a society dedicated to freedom and relying primarily on the market to organize economic activity. Friedman begins with a discussion of the principles of a truly liberal society. He then applies those principles to a range of pressing problems, including monetary policy, discrimination, education, income distribution, welfare, and poverty.
The result is a book that has sold well over half a million copies in English, has been translated into eighteen languages, and has become increasingly influential in recent years as more and more governments have moved from highly planned economies to embrace free market economics.
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Contents of Capitalism and Freedom |
Preface, 1982
Preface
Introduction
1. The Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom
2. The Role of Government in a Free Society
3. The Control of Money
4. International Financial and Trade Arrangements
5. Fiscal Policy
6. The Role of Government in Education
7. Capitalism and Discrimination
8. Monopoly and the Social Responsibility of Business and Labor
9. Occupational Licensure
10. The Distribution of Income
11. Social Welfare Measures
12. Alleviation of Poverty
13. Conclusion
Index
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About Milton Friedman and P.N. Snowden |
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.
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