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Title: Just as Valid Today . . .
Review: I've always been a fan of Friedman; read his "Free to Choose" when I was in my early 20's. It helped shape my views - I am a fan of freedom and today's liberals are (ironically) driving us further and further into slavery. In Capitalism & Freedom, Friedman clearly articulates the basic principles of freedom from an economic view. He's not so much concerned about free speech as he is economic freedom such as property rights and the right to keep what you earn. He proceeds to discuss many of today's social programs (public housing, Social Security, corporate, farm and other forms of welfare) and how they all diminish our freedom. Redistribution policies are discussed as a failed philosophy and practice.Liberals will hate this book because he tears their sacred cows to pieces and exposes them, as Teddy Roosevelt said, "well-intentioned but weak-minded." This book is as pertinent today as it was when written.
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