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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464365203321

Autore

Butler Eamonn

Titolo

Milton Friedman : a concise guide to the ideas and influence of the free-market economist / / Eamonn Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Petersfield, Hampshire, Great Britain : , : Harriman House, , 2011

ISBN

0-85719-125-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Harriman economics essentials

Disciplina

163

Soggetti

Economics - History

Monetary policy - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""