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The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

180 reviews
F. A. Hayek

University Of Chicago Press, 1994

A splendid defense of free markets and individual freedom
I found this book in Amazon, read the reviews and bought it. At the end, I was embarrassed by the fact that I had a Master degree and yet lacked the knowledge that this work existed. That is the sad nature of college education these days... but I digress. I had heard of Hayek, but this book alone, with the most wonderful words on freedom and common sense, turned me into a very big fan of his ...

Price Theory

5 reviews
Milton Friedman

Aldine Transaction, 2007

One of the Best Economics Books Ever Written
I was lucky enough to take Dr. Friedman's two-quarter graduate sequence in price theory (called "microeconomics" elsewhere) in the early 70s at the University of Chicago. This book was the textbook. I have never revised my original opinion that Friedman's 301 and 302 were simply outstanding, maybe the best courses I ever had in economics. You can put that in perspective when I tell you I spent ...

Essays in Positive Economics (Phoenix Books)

1 review
Milton Friedman

University Of Chicago Press, 1966

Firedman's Essays
Essays in this book included his famous "The Methodology of Positive Economics" and "The Marshallian Demand Curve". There are other essays on monetary economics, price theory and methodology. You can learn a lot from this book about Friedman's way of thinking

Two Lucky People: Memoirs

6 reviews
Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman

University Of Chicago Press, 1999

A fascinating account of two remarkable lives
The memoirs extend from the Friedmans' early years to 1997. The earliest times are recounted in separate voices by Rose and Milton, each telling her or his own story seriatim. For the later years, their narrative voices are presented sometimes jointly and sometimes in tandem. This method adds a great deal to the readability and interest of their story. It allows the reader to get different ...

Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

77 reviews
Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman

Harvest Books, 1990

Life transforming
Friedman was a genius. He was also the most articulate and fearless advovate for freedom. It seems that most are willing to give a little here and there for their pet projects. He was not. This is the best argument for the economic power that comes from freedom as well as the advantages for the individual. Over the long hall it is also the only way to prevent the loss of all freedoms. Read ...

Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History

11 reviews
Milton Friedman

Harvest/HBJ Book, 1994

AIMED AT MONETARY ECONOMISTS, NOT A GENERALIST BOOK
Many of Milton Friedman's previous books, especially "Free to Choose" are aimed at a popular audience, supporting the cause for freedom in many different aspects of society. With it, this book shares the brilliance and throughness of thought employed by Friedman, perhaps the most well known (if not the best) economist of the 2nd half of the 20th century. In "Money Mischief" Friedman enters ...

Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960

8 reviews
Milton Friedman, Anna Jacobson Schwartz

Princeton University Press, 1971

Negative Review Missed the Very Point of the Book
I read the reviews and found them helpful, but the unnamed reviewer that attributed the Great Depression to causes totally other than this book cites, and bashed Friedman as "not having a leg to stand on" concerned me because it seems the reviewer missed the very point of the book. Nobel prize winning economist Milton Friedman and his co-author undertook the monumental work of tracing money ...

Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

121 reviews
Milton Friedman

University Of Chicago Press, 2002

A fantastic book!
I picked up this book because I wanted to learn about Milton Friedman and also some economics. Most of the information I have gotten about Friedman were usually from third sources. And depending on a person's political persuasion, the critique was either laudable or damning. We live in a very politically polarized time. What I discovered was a marvel. Friedman's writing and ideas were convincing ...

Why Government Is the Problem (Essays in Public Policy)

3 reviews
Milton Friedman

Hoover Inst Pr, 1993

GOOD BRISK READ
This essay is a really good way to stimulate theories and ideas, enabling the reader to conduct further research on his or her own.

Milton Friedman on Economics: Selected Papers
Milton Friedman

University of Chicago Press Journals, 2008

On his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as “the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era” by the New York Times and “the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century” by the Economist . Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, Friedman was both a highly respected economist and a prominent public intellectual, the leader of a revolution in economic ...

Role of Government in our Society
Milton Friedman & Joseph Clark

Audio-Forum, 2005

This 1961 debate between Friedman and former Democratic Sen. Clark of Pennsylvania is a clear-cut victory for the economist. Friedman denounces any further extension of the federal government, criticizes various New Deal programs, examines the progressive income tax, and calls for decentralization and reduction of the government's power. Recorded in 1961 and reissued on CD 5/27/05. 1 audio CD (58 min.) Product no. AF0152D

Free to Choose. A Personal Statement

1 review
Milton & Rose Friedman

Macmillan, 1980

An eye opener
"Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom". That quote from Milton and Rose Friedman is the essential reason why "Free To Choose" should be required reading for all Americans in high school! This book makes a powerful and persuasive argument in favor of a free market economy. Written in a very lucid style "Free To Choose" makes the usually dry subject of economics ...

Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World

9 reviews
John C. Goodman, Gerald L. Musgrave, ...

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004

A humbling read.
I spent a few months reading various writings on health care systems and trying to clean up the trash heap that is all Wikipedia articles on the topic. I thought I had a good grip on what was going on around the world. I was wrong. Lives at Risk presents a crystal clear picture of the health care industry in the US, UK, and Canada. It exposes the economic and political factors that have ...

The Great Contraction, 1929-1933: (New Edition) (Princeton Classic Editions)
Milton Friedman

Princeton University Press, 2008

Friedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 , published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to support the claim that monetary policy--steady control of the money supply--matters profoundly in the management of the nation's economy, especially in navigating serious economic ...

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