Ranked #3 in Capitalism, Ranked #11 in Conservatism — see more rankings.
Selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the "hundred most influential books since the war"
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... more
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... more
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Rankings by Category
Capitalism and Freedom is ranked in the following categories:
- #88 in Business Economics
- #65 in Democracy
- #19 in Economics
- #86 in Geography
- #14 in Liberalism
- #12 in Libertarianism
- #16 in Macroeconomics
- #34 in Political Philosophy
- #57 in Political Science
- #43 in Political Theory