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Free to Choose

A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman ยท 1980

ISBN: 0151334811 9780151334810

Category: Business & Economics / General

Page count: 338

Monograph arguing for market economy and democracy in relation to economic development and human rights, particularly in the USA - gives examples of expansion of government control relating to the 1929 economic recession, tariff policy, inflation monetary policy and price policy, social policy, educational policy, consumer protection, labour policy, etc. Emphasizing the failure of state intervention and planned economy to promote freedom and welfare, and notes public opinion on decentralization and tax limitation. Graphs and references.