Free to Choose: A Personal Statement | Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman

Free to Choose: A Personal Statement | Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman | Brilliant and ahead of its time

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	Free to Choose: A Personal Statement Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman Harvest Books, 1990 - 360 pages average customer review:based on 86 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The international bestseller on the extent to which personal freedom has been eroded by government regulations and agencies while personal prosperity has been undermined by government spending and economic controls. New Foreword by the Authors; Index.

A masterpiece

This work is a masterpiece. It is still relevant today as it was some 30 years ago. Written by a nobel prize winner, a world renouned economist, a realist and above all a man of common sense. A strong man with strong views of life and how to live it to the full.
I was really impressed reading this book and I will read more of Milton Friedman.
As another viewer put it this is a life changing book.

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Brilliant and ahead of its time

The Friedman's support of the free market has no peer in its depth and eloquence. Their anticipation of arguments in favor of school vouchers, for example, show that their unerring support of basic principles can bear fruit and that only our political institutions stand in the way of our implementing better policies. Wow.

Length in time will not change the past and the lessons we REFUSE to learn.

This book was written over 30 years ago and the events that led to many of the last economic downfalls, from the late 70's and early 30's, are again being repeated in the present. They are the very same mistakes of our previous generations and even foreign countries, yet we are so gracefully making them again. When will we learn from our history? When will we enter a new age of enlightenment? Its been numerous lifetimes in the making, and I fear not enough INDIVIDUALS read books like this one, to prevent such foolishness for repeating.

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If you only read one book on economics & public policy this would be it

Everyone should read this book irregardless of thier political views if only to understand the arguments of the other side. Economics can be dry but this book is written in a relaxed style that is much more accessible then F.A. Hayek's academic prose and so it serves as a great introduction to libertarian thought. The ideas Freedman communicates are profound and still very relevant to today's problems.

His explanation of the Federal Reserve's role in the Great Depressions is illuminating. Contrasting the Fed's actions in the 30's with the previous crisis's in 1907 and at the end of WW1, he makes a compelling case that monetary policy matters. In our troubled times it seems people have forgotten sound money is the key to stable economic growth and renewed prosperity. Freedman's policy proposals are passionately argued, particularly his advocacy of school choice and the financing of higher education through equity rather then debt. His proposal to replace the welfare bureaucracy with a Negative income tax sounds radical at first, but is so logically argued it will force even the most ardent bleeding heart to reconsider.

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Not for everyone...

I don't really have much to say about Free to Choose. It's a good book, a little boring. Friedman raises some good points about the economics of the country and our government. The book is not for everyone. If you are interested in economics and governmental deficiencies you will find this book very interesting.

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