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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Great book. A primer to modern economics, but it has the drawback of being too quick sometimes. Still, a seminal book.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “An important, influential and ultimately flawed book. Despite his ability Friedmann does not make a classic laissez faire state seem attractive.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 2 stars

  “An important, influential and ultimately flawed book. Despite his ability Friedmann does not make a classic laissez faire state seem attractive. ”

  Daniel Rennie wrote this review Tuesday, July 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “Milton Friedman was wrong about everything. Perhaps the great depression of the 2000's will be attributed to the success he had spreading the seed of his wisdom, in the same way AIDS has had great success spreading itself. Contraction of the Friedmanite ideology, as in the case of AIDS, has increased probability among Conservatives. It is not their fault he said such silly things which sound so good if you are already leaning to the right, in just the same way it is not a closeted homosexual's fault he is secretly in love with his fellow Republican men.
  
  Milton Friedman is dead. May he rot in hell. ”

  Preston P wrote this review Saturday, November 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Great book. A primer to modern economics, but it has the drawback of being too quick sometimes. Still, a seminal book.”

  Mark Anthony wrote this review Friday, June 20 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “This is still an important book. Particularly because Dr. Friedman sustained such an ugly and spurious character assassination at the hands of Naomi Klein and her book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." For anyone who read that book I would suggest reading some Friedman before you make up your mind about him.
  Furthermore, America needs more education on economic and liberty issues. That's why the following chapters are important not only to read and understand but to implement in our public policy. Here's a list of great chapters from this book:
  
  1) Chapter One: The Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom
  
  2) Chapter Two: The Role of Government in a Free Society
  
  3) Chapter Six: The Role of Government in Education
  
  4) Chapter Seven: Capitalism and Discrimination
  
  5) Chapter Nine: Occupational Licensure
  
  6) Chapter Ten: The Distribution of Income
  
  Please read Dr. Friedman”

  Brian Denton wrote this review Thursday, June 19 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “I read this book after reading Free to Choose, which was my first non-technical introduction to the ideas of Milton Friedman. Of course, you read about him in economics when you learn about monetary theory, but to read his ideas on liberty, freedom, and how markets work is an eye opener.
  
  At his funeral service, someone (I forgot who it was), said Free to Choose was Milton's New Testament, and Capitalism and Freedom was his Old Testament.
  
  Both are required reading, still relevant today. You'll discover from this book how many of Friedman's ideas have now become mainstream (school vouchers, flat tax, privatize social security, etc).”

  Ron B wrote this review Monday, February 18 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “After wealth of the nations of Adam Smith, I think C&F of Friedman is one of the most valueable books in Liberalism Ideology.”

  Kawus J wrote this review Wednesday, November 7 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No