false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383305m/51877.jpg 51877 4 Selected by the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i> as one of the "hundred most influential books since the war"<br><br>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&#8212;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 translated into eighteen languages, and shows every sign of becoming more and more influential as time goes on. 1534488 1962 Capitalism and Freedom: 40th Anniversary Edition total:488|5:174|4:170|3:98|2:27|1:19| 488 1917 886 96 2 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 12:47:04 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 07:32:22 -0800 2008
Libertarian thought fascinates me from a sociological standpoint.

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The book is concise and well written. I dig it.

I remember being really excited when I read this. And the sun felt really good.


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