“Free to Choose” was published as a coda of sorts to the Milton and Rose Friedman book titled “Capitalism and Freedom,” (published in 1962) and a companion to the Public Broadcasting Service series, also called “Free to Choose.” The book’s text was based in part on transcripts from the documentary and became the top selling non-fiction book in the United States for 1980. The individual had become my favorite unit of government. It inspired me to earn two economics degrees and dedicate myself to the cause of liberty. While I could not articulate why I was uneasy with the baskets of policy proposals each political party claimed to represent, I knew I was put off by many of their ideas.įortunately, while enjoying a college adventure in 1986, I was introduced to Friedman’s book. I will do so by discussing the Friedman book and documentary series (co-authored with his wife, Rose) titled “Free to Choose: A Personal Statement,” which changed my life.Īs a naïve teenager, I once thought that there were only two types of ideas: Democrat and Republican. It is now time for me to mark his birth, which occurred 100 years ago today in Brooklyn, New York. Almost six years ago, I marked the death of eminent economist Milton Friedman with a tribute published by The Detroit News early on Nov. 16, 2006.
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