In this summary you will learn
- the major facets of Nobel-winning economist Milton Friedman’s economic philosophy as it relates to government, education, economics, public works, free markets and social responsibility
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Why you should read Capitalism and Freedom
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| This is a new edition of Milton Friedman’s classic 1962 capitalist manifesto. As such, it was ignored, spurned and hated for decades by the intellectual, post-Keynesian establishment. In the 60s, Friedman once found himself debating a liberal who attacked him by simply reciting Friedman’s views of the proper role of government. This was working rather well with the audience of college students until he quoted Friedman’s opposition to the military draft. Friedman suddenly found himself awash in the unexpected cheers of students. Perhaps it was a foreshadowing of his career. Friedman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, and his ideas gained some degree of mainstream acceptance in the Reagan years - although many of his thoughts remain controversial. To the extent that Friedman debunks myths about the Great Depression that are widely accepted as fact, perhaps he has a point about the semi-privatization of education. getAbstract.com strongly recommends this volume to those who seek a deeper understanding of government’s role in a free-market economy. |
About the Author
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Milton Friedman, a noted research fellow at the Hoover Institution, is the Paul Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1976. In 1980, he and his wife collaborated on his best-selling book, Free to Choose. Capitalism and Freedom, first published in 1962, is considered his classic work.
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