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Free to choose : a personal statement / Milton & Rose Friedman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.Edition: 1st Harvest/HBJ edDescription: xvi, 338 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0156334607 (pbk.)
  • 9780156334600 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: In this classic about economics, freedom, and the relationship between the two, Milton and Rose Friedman explain how our freedom has been eroded and our prosperity undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington, and how good intentions often produce deplorable results when government is the middleman. The Friedmans also provide remedies for these ills--they tell us what to do in order to expand our freedom and promote prosperity. 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.
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

A powerful and persuasive discussion about economics, freedom, and the relationship between the two, from today's brightest economist.

In this classic discussion, Milton and Rose Friedman explain how our freedom has been eroded and our affluence undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington. This important analysis reveals what has gone wrong in America in the past and what is necessary for our economic health to flourish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this classic about economics, freedom, and the relationship between the two, Milton and Rose Friedman explain how our freedom has been eroded and our prosperity undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington, and how good intentions often produce deplorable results when government is the middleman. The Friedmans also provide remedies for these ills--they tell us what to do in order to expand our freedom and promote prosperity. 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.

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