Table of Contents

Foreword by Binyamin Appelbaum

Preface, 2002

Preface, 1982

Preface, 1962

Introduction

I. The Relation between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom

II. The Role of Government in a Free Society

III. The Control of Money

IV. International Financial and Trade Arrangements

V. Fiscal Policy

VI. The Role of Government in Education

VII. Capitalism and Discrimination

VIII. Monopoly and the Social Responsibility of Business and Labor

IX. Occupational Licensure

X. The Distribution of Income

XI. Social Welfare Measures

XII. The Alleviation of Poverty

XIII. Conclusion

Index

About the Author

Milton Friedman (1912-2006), Nobel Prize winner for excellence in economics, was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Paul Snowden Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago. His many published books include Essays in Positive Economics, Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom, and Milton Friedman on Economics, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews

"In Capitalism and Freedom, published in 1962, Friedman makes his most important contribution to his profession: the argument that the best medicine for curing a recession and stabilizing economies is for a nation's central bank (the Federal Reserve for the U.S.) to be slowly but constantly increasing the amount banks are allowed to lend and therefore increasing the supply of money--but only in brief."-- "TIME Magazine, All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books"