Milton Friedman
Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.94 | 10169 Users | 575 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Capitalism and Freedom |
| ISBN: | 0226264211 (ISBN13: 9780226264219) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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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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| Title | : | Capitalism and Freedom |
| Author | : | Milton Friedman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 40th Anniversary |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | November 15th 2002 by University of Chicago Press (first published January 1st 1962) |
| Categories | : | Economics. Politics. Nonfiction. Philosophy. Business. History. Finance |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 10169 Users | 575 ReviewsAppraise Of Books Capitalism and Freedom
Edit 10/09/16: My opinion on the USSR not being socialist has changed since I wrote this review. My comment about "state tyranny" of the USSR replacing private tyranny has also changed in favor of the Soviet Union (and I'm ashamed for quoting Bakunin). Nonetheless, the criticisms of Friedman's arguments still remain valid. Below is the original review.____________________________________________Milton Friedman presents to us two societies: one in which the state controls the means of productionAn important book to read for any student of economics - this is the basis of most American economic policy - but it's WRONG and I think Adam Smith would roll in his grave to hear how people like Friedman are using his theories to make their friends richer while the masses struggle.
The best way to describe Milton Friedman's manifesto is that while it has a laudable goal, the spreading of economic freedom to all, the means by which he would achieve them would ultimately do the opposite and leave people in continual poverty. His first chapter on how important economic freedom is is very good, but all of his arguments employ either strongman arguments that can't be reasonably argued against or straw man arguments that are too easy to knock down. Not only that, but his chapter
I have always opposed Communism because I have thought it worships an idea, and puts the idea before human life and the individual. I decided iwhen I was young. Lately I have come to the realization that libertarian neoliberal free market capitalist ideology does exactly the same. People like Ludwig von Mises , Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Yaron Brook. etc are not less fanatic and contemptuous of actual life than fanatics on the other end of the spectrum like Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Honecker,
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This book is an interesting case of modern day sophistry where the worse argument is made to appear the better. If one needed proof that much of modern economics is an exercise in ideology and self-interested appeals on behalf of the obscenely wealthy then this book provides ample evidence. The French Revolution was fought under a flag of three colours and for three causes, Liberté, égalité, fraternité Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood. Friedman is only interested in what he refers to as
If you have a chance to read only one book this summer, just one book - this is it! The introduction and classical liberal approach by Milton Friedman in relations between economic freedom and individual freedom has been a truly enlightening experience for me. At one point I received answers about things I have been thinking about for years, furthermore suddenly many issues regarding government legislations and policies, the effects of these and many others made much more sense than ever before.
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