Capitalism and freedom / Milton Friedman ; with the assistance of Rose D. Friedman.
By: Friedman, Milton
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Contributor(s): Friedman, Rose D.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1972]Edition: 12th edition.Description: [12], 202 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0226264009 ; 0226264017 .Subject(s): Capitalism | State, The | United States -- Economic policyDDC classification: 330.122
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 330.122 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00068903 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 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
Author notes provided by Syndetics
An influential leader in the field of economics, Milton Friedman had his humble beginnings in New York City, where he was born in 1912 to poor immigrants. Friedman was educated at Rutgers University. He went on to the University of Chicago to earn his A.M., and to Columbia University, where in 1946 he received his Ph.D. That same year he became professor of economics at the University of Chicago and remained there for 30 years. He was also on the research staff at the National Bureau of Economic Research from 1937-1981.Friedman's greatest work is considered to be A Theory of the Consumption Function, published in 1957. Other books include A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, and The Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays.
Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976.
(Bowker Author Biography)