They suggest completely replacing the welfare state with a negative income tax as a less harmful alternative. The Friedmans also argue that declining academic performance in the United States is the result of increasing government control of the American education system tracing back to the 1840s, but suggest a voucher system as a politically feasible solution.
They blame the 1970s recession and lower quality of consumer goods on extensive business regulations since the 1960s, and advocate abolishing the Food and Drug Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Amtrak, and Conrail.
They blame the 1970s recession and lower quality of consumer goods on extensive business regulations since the 1960s, and advocate abolishing the Food and Drug Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Amtrak, and Conrail.
Milton Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1976. ==Overview== Free to Choose: A Personal Statement maintains that the free market works best for all members of a society, provides examples of how the free market engenders prosperity, and maintains that it can solve problems where other approaches have failed.
Published in January 1980, the 297 page book contains 10 chapters.
The book was on the United States best sellers list for 5 weeks. PBS broadcast the programs, beginning in January 1980.
526–33 == External links == Streaming of the original 1980 television series Free to Choose as well as an updated 1990 version. Free To Choose Media page Jeremy Arendt's Video Collections from PBS Broadcast 1980 non-fiction books Books about capitalism Finance books Classical liberalism Television shows based on books Works by Milton Friedman Harcourt (publisher) books Collaborative non-fiction books
After the final episode, Friedman sat down for an interview with Lawrence Spivak. The series was rebroadcast in 1990 with Linda Chavez moderating the episodes.
526–33 == External links == Streaming of the original 1980 television series Free to Choose as well as an updated 1990 version. Free To Choose Media page Jeremy Arendt's Video Collections from PBS Broadcast 1980 non-fiction books Books about capitalism Finance books Classical liberalism Television shows based on books Works by Milton Friedman Harcourt (publisher) books Collaborative non-fiction books
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3 (special issue "Marketization", edited by Ralf Ahrens, Marcus Böick, Marcel vom Lehn), December 2015, pp.
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