Milton Friedman on freedom : selections from the collected works of Milton Friedman / Milton Friedman ; compiled and edited by Robert Lesson and Charkes G. Palm ; foreword by John B. Taylor.
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 ev...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via ProQuest) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Other Authors: | , , |
| Other title: | Works. Selections. 2017 |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Stanford, California :
Hoover Institution Press,
[2017]
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Praise for Milton Friedman on Freedom; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; 1 LIBERALISM, OLD STYLE; 2 THE RELATION BETWEEN ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND POLITICAL FREEDOM; 3 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTIN A FREE SOCIETY; Government as Rule Maker and Umpire; Action through Government on Grounds of Technical Monopoly and Neighborhood Effects; Action through Government on Paternalistic Grounds; Conclusion; 4 IS A FREE SOCIETY STABLE?; 5 AN INTERVIEW WITH MILTON FRIEDMAN: A Reason Interview; 6 SAY "NO" TO INTOLERANCE.
- 7 THE LINE WE DARE NOT CROSS 8 THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM; The Trend toward Collectivism; Rising Taxation; Other Freedoms Denied; Freedom of the Press; Why Regimentation?; The Future; Two Possible Scenarios; Faith in the Future; The Nineteenth Century; 9 FAIR VERSUS FREE; 10 CREATED EQUAL; Equality Before God; Equality of Opportunity; Equality of Outcome; Who Favors Equality of Outcome?; Consequences of Egalitarian Policies; Capitalism and Equality; Conclusion; 11 THE MEANING OF FREEDOM; 12 FREE MARKETS AND FREE SPEECH; 13 WHERE ARE WE ON THE ROAD TO LIBERTY?
- 14 THE FOUNDATIONS OF A FREE SOCIETY15 THE TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN; The Rise of Laissez-Faire (the Adam Smith Tide); The Rise of the Welfare State (the Fabian Tide); The Resurgence of Free Markets (the Hayek Tide); Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; ABOUT MILTON FRIEDMAN; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT JOHN B. TAYLOR; INDEX.