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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement Paperback – November 26, 1990

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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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"Excellent book….This reviewer has never read a more straightforward and simple statement of the present ills facing our society and what we as citizens in a democracy must do about them." --Chicago Sun Times --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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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.

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Paperback: 338 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; LATER PRINTING edition (November 26, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0156334607
ISBN-13: 978-0156334600
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ByTruk Nitnacon July 18, 2016

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35+ years old and still up-to-date. It is interesting to read older Economics books like "Free to Choose" to see how accurate they have been in predicting outcomes of policy. It is easy to write a book with hindsight as we often see today by "experts" blaming this or that well after the fact. Milton Freeman had incredible foresight. Not because he could predict the future but because he understood Economics so well that he could simply predict outcomes of policy based on an asymmetry of economic knowledge that very few other Economists, let alone policy-makers, have. I have read this book a couple of times over the years and enjoyed his PBS series by the same name, that first aired in 1980. Also a more up-to-date version by Swedish Historian Johan Norberg's "Free or Equal" - Free to Choose 30 years after.

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Great read about the power and benefits of a free market economy

ByM S Mc Crighton September 28, 2016

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Great read with well thought out arguments as well as suggested resolutions from a Nobel Laureate.

If you like this book you should consider checking out the "Freedom to Choose" series Milton Friedman did back in the 70's. Full episodes (of which there are 10) can be found on youtube by searching freedom to choose. The debates that take place in the second half of each episode are fantastic. I wish we could bring back that type of debate back to today but that seems neigh impossible.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in economics.

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but like in life things are always complicated

ByTodd R.on November 16, 2015

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Milton writes this book for the regular person to be able to understand. He simplifies situations maybe a touch to much, but like in life things are always complicated. This book will continue to be timeless, with many issues he raised back then still very much relevant in today's world. I believe it is a must read.
Note: I am an Economics major, so this topic interests me, but I believe anyone with the slightest interest in how the world works will enjoy this book.

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ByJohn Jon March 9, 2013

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I read this in about 1980 when it was first published, and decided to re-read it. I thought Fiedman was inciteful then - now I think he was absolutely prescient. My education was liberal arts (BA Philosophy) from very liberal universities, and Friedman opened doors for me I didn't know existed. I have only the usual liberal arts education in economics, so I appreciate his clear non-technical style and cogent examples. If you really care about our way of life and sustaining our economy, you really should read and seriously consider this book. His examples are drawn from the era in which he wrote, so some of the exemplar quantities he chooses are different today, but if you consider them in the context of his times, they remain as pertinent today as they were when written.

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Byjmonsonon July 22, 2011

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In an age where we're taught that having an opinion and evangelizing the world with it is much more important than carefully learning about an issue before making any conclusions (and admitting it when we just don't know), I greatly appreciated this book for being highly informative.

I come from a part of Chicago that is fiercely liberal--where any of the ideas related to 'the market' or the 'Chicago School' are quickly rejected, and so this book's lucid explanations of the pricing system, unionization, special interests, education, social security, and other relevant issues were much appreciated. I would recommend anyone who thinks that the 'free market' is as simple as greedy capitalists exploiting helpless laymen, because anyone who takes the time to read this book will see that, with proper regulation, that's not the case.

Milton Friedman points out, time and time again, that well-meaning voters and perhaps less well-meaning politicians have great intentions that produce hideous results. This book points out exactly what those are, why they are put into action, and what effect they have, and I was nothing short of stunned with the clarity, logic, and precision of the arguments, which might be why Friedman is arguably the most influential economist in the past century.

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Great book for understanding government's role in the free market system

BySean P Colemanon May 23, 2014

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Milton Friedman discusses the problems of government's role in the free market system and why it leads to undesirable results for individuals and the country as a whole. Throughout, Freidman outlines basic economic truths and cites the philosophical inspirations of America's founders to clearly illustrate his arguments. This book was written in 1979 and published in 1980, right at the end of the Carter administration, so although the "current" examples are now over 30 years old the basic theme of the book remains timeless when compared to current issues of government control, such as bailouts for banks and corporations, and run health care.

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