Milton and rose friedman biography book
This paper investigates the personal and professional story of two prominent American thinkers, Milton and Rose Friedman.
In Two Lucky People, Rose and Milton Friedman provide a memorable and lively account of their lives, the people they knew, and the work they shared..
Free to Choose
Book and television series produced by the Friedmans
For other uses of "Freedom of choice", see Freedom of choice (disambiguation).
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement is a 1980 book by economists Milton and Rose D.
Friedman, accompanied by a ten-part series broadcast on public television, that advocates free market principles. It was primarily a response to an earlier landmark book and television series The Age of Uncertainty, by the noted economist John Kenneth Galbraith.
Overview
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement maintains that the free market works best for all members of a society, provides examples of how the free market engenders prosperity, and maintains that it can solve problems where other approaches have failed.
This treatise - written with his wife, economist Rose Friedman - still serves as an accessible handbook for those on the political right.Published in January 1980, the 297 page book contains 10 chapters. The book was on top of the United States best sellers list for 5 weeks.
PBS broadcast the programs, beginning in January 1980. It was filmed at the invitatio