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Capitalism and Freedom, Fortieth Anniversary Edition

By: Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman, Grover Gardner - prologue
Narrated by: Michael Edwards
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How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of his immensely influential economic philosophy - one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom. The result is an accessible text that has sold well over half a million copies in English, has been translated into 18 languages, and shows every sign of becoming more and more influential as time goes on.

This updated edition includes a new preface by the author.

©1962, 1982, 2002 The University of Chicago (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Must read

I do not think there is a better book as required reading for any high school or college student or any free citizen.

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outstanding analytics

People don't like to learn from history. unfortunately.
Great book. The narrator reads too fast from time to time.

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Still Relevant

This book is a this book is a must read. so many of our elected elite continue to look for
the the most expedite solution (throwing money recklessly) rather than finding a path that truly solve the underlying condition.

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dry, very dry to listen to ....

perhaps a different narrator?, yet the words are dry. written like a true scientific economist.

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the voice

it's hard to listen to the readers voice but got through it! The book is a good view of the world

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Good book

This is needed for today’s society. We are missing on the beauty of the free market.

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really educational

found incredibly educational and interesting, loved the analysis and propoals, however it was hard to hear sometimes.

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outstanding understanding of the economy and free markets

great writet. deep understanding of free markets and governme t interference and its costs.

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Incredibly eye opening.

A must-read for anyone interested in politics. An interesting and comprehensive analysis of various government programs and their econ

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Great book, horrible narration

As others have said before me, the reader during the sample portion is not the main reader. The main guy is much, much worse.

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