TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eamonn,Butler
TI  - Milton Friedman: A Concise Guide To The Ideas And Influence Of The Free-Market Economist
SN  - 9780857191250
AV  - HB119.F84 -- B88 2011eb 
U1  - 163 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Petersfield
PB  - Harriman House Publishing
KW  - Friedman, Milton, -- 1912-2006
KW  - Economics -- History
KW  - Monetary policy -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- A Timeline of Milton Friedman's Life and Work -- 1. The economist who changed everything -- Worldwide influence -- The making of an economist -- The public intellectual -- 2. How to end financial crises -- The false trust in governments -- A better explanation -- Lessons for today -- 3. Curing inflation and unemployment -- The disease of inflation -- Other explanations of inflation -- Inflation versus unemployment? -- How to control inflation -- How to not cure inflation -- 4. A bonfire of controls -- Free people and free trade -- Setting currencies free -- The poverty of regulation -- 5. The failure of government -- The role of government -- Why governments fail -- The fraud of government -- A different approach -- 6. The merits of markets -- Friedman on markets -- Diversity, not discrimination -- Markets help ordinary people -- 7. Freedom and equality -- The quest for equality -- Why freedom works -- The importance of personal freedom -- Friedman's view of humankind -- Further reading -- Index
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