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Author
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication volume 677
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xii, 246 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book, Robert Leeson and Charles Palm have assembled an amazing collection of Milton Friedman's best works on freedom. Even more amazing is that the selection represents only 1 percent of the 1,500 works by Friedman that Leeson and Palm have put online in a user-friendly format and an even smaller percentage if you include their archive of Friedman's audio and television recordings, correspondence, and other writings. This book and the larger...
Author
Series
Studies in business cycles volume no. 20
Publisher
National Bureau of Economic Research
Pub. Date
1970
Physical Desc
xx, 629 p. illus. 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[1962]
Physical Desc
202 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Description
In Capitalism and Freedom, economist Milton Friedman argues that political and economic freedom are inextricably linked, promoting laissez faire and individual choice over government intervention in markets through tariffs, subsidies and regulations. The book, along with Friedman's other writing, is credited with reviving conservative economic theory and influencing policies designed to decrease government spending following the Great Depression....
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 286 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Born the son of immigrant parents, Milton Friedman went on to become a major figure during the resurgence of American conservatism. As an adviser to the Reagan administration and a widely read columnist, he played a vital role in shaping government policy and public opinion while he made headlines for his controversial views.
Drawing on the author's unprecedented access to personal archives--and to Friedman himself prior to his death in 2006--this...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using 'shock therapy' as a metaphor, the film investigates Klein's central idea of 'disaster capitalism.' When countries are jolted by catastrophic events such as war or natural disasters, they are often subjected to totally un-regulated 'free market' remedies that benefit corporations at public expense.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Keynes Hayek, the next great duel in the history of economics. In 1966 two columnists joined Newsweek magazine. Their assignment: debate the world of business and economics. Paul Samuelson was a towering figure in Keynesian economics, which supported the management of the economy along lines prescribed by John Maynard Keynes's General Theory. Milton Friedman, little known at that time outside of conservative academic circles, championed...
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