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Autore |
Butler Eamonn |
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Titolo |
Milton Friedman : a concise guide to the ideas and influence of the free-market economist / / Eamonn Butler |
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Petersfield, Hampshire, Great Britain : , : Harriman House, , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Collana |
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Harriman economics essentials |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economics - History |
Monetary policy - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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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