Capitalism and freedom

About “Capitalism and freedom”

Selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the "hundred most influential books since the war," this book addresses how to benefit from the promise of government while avoiding its threat to individual freedom. Milton Friedman presents his influential economic philosophy, in which competitive capitalism is both a means of achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom. The book is described as accessible and has sold more than half a million copies in English. It has been translated into eighteen languages and continues to gain influence over time.