Book · 1990 · Capitalism
Free to Choose
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This book really opened up my mind called Free to Choose.
Lily Tang Williams · Timcast IRL · Aug 2021 Listen at 1:04:25 What they say about it
- Associated PBS television series“public TV series called Free to Choose”4
- Compared with Capitalism and Freedom“a better book than Capitalism and Freedom”3
The best things said about it
There's two things that we should be doing and we need to have a copy of maybe uh Milton Friedman's book free to choose and the US Constitution open to the page where the 10th Amendment is.
But the other book that I have given I mean hundreds of copies to is free to choose by Milton fredman and it kind of lays out why.
Free to Choose is a better book than Capitalism and Freedom because it is more accessible.
Lahr treated Friedman's book as his Bible as he started governing Estonia.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Mar 2010 Where and when it comes up
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Free to Choose by Milton Friedman is a prominent exposition of free-market economics and classical liberalism. Michael Munger mentioned the book on EconTalk, arguing that genuine efforts to reform government and limit its overreach require consulting foundational texts alongside the US Constitution. Lily Tang Williams credited the book on Timcast IRL with opening her mind to free-market economics, while Robert Chitester discussed reading order recommendations involving Friedman's works on EconTalk. Arnold Schwarzenegger shared on The Tim Ferriss Show that he has given away hundreds of copies of the book because it clearly explains complex economic principles. Oren Cass discussed the work on The Tucker Carlson Show to illustrate how market fundamentalism spread during the boomer generation, and Jennifer Burns noted on the Lex Fridman Podcast that Friedman's books served as core components of the American conservative movement. Additionally, Tyler Cowen mentioned the title on EconTalk when discussing popular entry points into Friedman's extensive economic writings.
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Michael Munger there's two things that we should be doing and we need to have a copy of maybe uh Milton Friedman's book fr… 2
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“there's two things that we should be doing and we need to have a copy of maybe uh Milton Friedman's book free to choose and the US Constitution open to the page where the 10th Amendment is”
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“if if you were serious you have a copy of free to choose copy of the Constitution”
Robert Chitester But it might very well be that they start with Free to Choose and then go to Capitalism and Freedom. 3
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“he maintains to this day that Free to Choose is a better book than Capitalism and Freedom because it is more accessible.”
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“But it might very well be that they start with Free to Choose and then go to Capitalism and Freedom.”
Discussed
“He said, 'Bob, the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich is going to publish the book associated with this, and they've also agreed that they they like the idea, and they're they're going to put up $150,000 so that I can do a total of 15 lectures across the country'”
Arnold Schwarzenegger but the other book that I have given I mean hundreds of copies to is free to choose by Milton fredman and i… 1
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“but the other book that I have given I mean hundreds of copies to is free to choose by Milton fredman and it kind of lays out why”
Lily Tang Williams and then even read this book really opened up my mind called free to choose free market economics Milton Fr… 1
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“and then even read this book really opened up my mind called free to choose free market economics Milton Friedman”
Stephen Dubner In 1980, he made a public TV series called Free to Choose, based on his book of the same name. 3
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“In 1980, he made a public TV series called Free to Choose, based on his book of the same name.”
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“So you read Free to Choose by Milton Friedman. Yep. And you thought, well, this stuff sounds great, and it sounds very logical, and there probably wouldn't be a book like this if he hadn't gotten to do all these things.”
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“Lahr treated Friedman's book as his Bible as he started governing Estonia.”
Don Boudreaux Milton Friedman it has this popular show on PBS called free to choose Thomas 1
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“Milton Friedman it has this popular show on PBS called free to choose Thomas”
Jennifer Burns Friedman and the importance of his books, 'Free to Choose,' 'Capitalism and Freedom,' the television series… 1
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“Friedman and the importance of his books, 'Free to Choose,' 'Capitalism and Freedom,' the television series he did, all of these were like core components...”
Oren Cass You know, you had these folks like Milton Freriedman as a classic example of someone who was sort of making… 1
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“You know, you had these folks like Milton Freriedman as a classic example of someone who was sort of making this very public case that literally his his best work is called free to choose, right?”
Tyler Cowen so if you want purely popular takes there's free to choose there's capitalism and freedom 1
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“so if you want purely popular takes there's free to choose there's capitalism and freedom”
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Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“In 1980, he made a public TV series called Free to Choose and published a book of the same name.”
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“today we see how utterly mistaken was the milton friedman notion that a market system can regulate itself”
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“Now, a lot of this doesn't sound too different really from what Milton Friedman has written, which would not be the first person that came to mind when I started to read your book. I'm curious to know what you think of Friedman”