books by Milton Friedman
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Milton Friedman
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History
Milton Friedman
Harvest/HBJ Book
, 1994
Review for a Nobel Prize winner...
Review by a non Nobel Prize winner: Dirty details of the progress of our United States Currency are the theme of this book. If you like the arithmetic to pop out as you look at text, and are one who likes absorbing and detailed accounts which provide tools for ...
Why Government Is the Problem (Essays in Public Policy)
Milton Friedman
Hoover Inst Pr
, 1993
GOOD BRISK READ
This essay is a really good way to stimulate theories and ideas, enabling the reader to conduct further research on his or her own.
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
Milton Friedman,
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Princeton University Press
, 1971
Negative Review Missed the Very Point of the Book
I read the reviews and found them helpful, but the unnamed reviewer that attributed the Great Depression to causes totally other than this book cites, and bashed Friedman as "not having a leg to stand on" concerned me because it seems the reviewer missed the very point ...
Price Theory
Milton Friedman
Aldine Transaction
, 2007
One of the Best Economics Books Ever Written
I was lucky enough to take Dr. Friedman's two-quarter graduate sequence in price theory (called "microeconomics" elsewhere) in the early 70s at the University of Chicago. This book was the textbook. I have never revised my original opinion that Friedman's 301 and 302 ...
Milton Friedman on Economics: Selected Papers
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago Press Journals
, 2008
On his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as ?the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era? by the New York Times and ?the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century? by the Economist . Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, Friedman was both a highly respected economist ...
Two Lucky People: Memoirs
Milton Friedman,
Rose D. Friedman
University Of Chicago Press
, 1999
A fascinating account of two remarkable lives
The memoirs extend from the Friedmans' early years to 1997. The earliest times are recounted in separate voices by Rose and Milton, each telling her or his own story seriatim. For the later years, their narrative voices are presented sometimes jointly and sometimes in ...
The Great Contraction, 1929-1933: (New Edition) (Princeton Classic Editions)
Milton Friedman
Princeton University Press
, 2008
A timely document
In these days, in which we are discussing and fighting over the issue of the financial crisis, nothing is better than this chapter of Milton Friedman "Banking History" which reviews carefully and seriously the causes resulting in The Great Contraction 1929-1933, and ...
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Milton Friedman,
Rose Friedman
Harvest Books
, 1990
The principles of economic freedom are found in this book. A must read!
The relationship between freedom and economics is undeniable. Also undeniable is the relationship between government and freedom. Milton Friedman brilliantly makes a clear persuasive case for the perpetuation of free markets and the elimination of big government, ...
Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
Milton Friedman
University Of Chicago Press
, 2002
Great book, life changing reading!
Reading this book gave me a whole new perspective about life, economics and individual responsibility. It's a must for everyone, even if you are not a student of economics.
The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
F. A. Hayek
University Of Chicago Press
, 1994
Brilliant prima facie case against socialism
Considering it my duty as an economics major, I took it upon myself to read this book, with little expectations as to its brilliance, and was completely swept away. Not only is Hayek extremely eloquent in articulating the case for free trade, he supports his arguments ...
The Optimum Quantity of Money
Milton Friedman
Aldine Transaction
, 2005
Theory of the Consumption Function (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Milton Friedman
Princeton University Press
, 2008
What is the exact nature of the consumption function? Can this term be defined so that it will be consistent with empirical evidence and a valid instrument in the hands of future economic researchers and policy makers? In this volume a distinguished American economist presents a new theory of the consumption function, tests it against extensive ...
Great Contraction, 1929-1933: Chapter Seven of Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
Milton Friedman,
Anna J. Schwatrz
Princeton Univ Pr
, 1964
The Monetary History of the Great Depression
The Great Contraction is an expanded reprint of the seventh chapter of the authors' A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 which was first published in 1963. That monograph was a comprehensive study of money and its effects on the economy and the nation. ...
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Milton and Rose Friedman
Blackstone Audio Inc.
, 2007
Next to the Bible this book is a must read!
No book better expresses the connection between personal freedom and a strong economy. In this text Capitalism is seen as a positive driving force. Should be required college reading in any economics class.
Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World
John C. Goodman
,
Gerald L. Musgrave
, ...
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
, 2004
A humbling read.
I spent a few months reading various writings on health care systems and trying to clean up the trash heap that is all Wikipedia articles on the topic. I thought I had a good grip on what was going on around the world. I was wrong. Lives at Risk presents a crystal ...
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