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How to Stay Free (Vol. 10) - Free To Choose

Democracies have only recently been considered desirable. Historically, it was feared that democracies always self-destruct when citizens, forgetting that you cannot remove want and misery through legislation, insist on government actions that physically and morally bankrupt their nation. Friedman explains why the United States has so far avoided this outcome and how we can continue to do so. This program includes an interview of Dr. Friedman by Lawrence E. Spivak.

How to Cure Inflation (Vol. 09) - Free To Choose

Inflation results when the amount of money printed or coined increases faster than the creation of new goods and services. Money is a ''token'' of the wealth of a nation. If more tokens are created than new wealth, it takes more tokens to buy the same goods. Friedman explains why...See more

Who Protects the Worker? (Vol. 08) - Free To Choose

Unions sometimes protect some workers - their members - but usually at the expense of other workers. The government protects its employees and special groups of workers at the expense of other workers. Both unions and government restrict freedom. Friedman explains how the...See more

Who Protects the Consumer? (Vol. 07) - Free To Choose

Various government agencies have been created on the claim that they will protect the consumer. These agencies restrict freedom, stifle beneficial innovation, and become agents for the industries or groups they are intended to regulate. Friedman explains how the apparent chaos of...See more

What's Wrong with Our Schools? (Vol. 06) - Free To Choose

Parental choice and parental responsibility in the education of children is the U.S. tradition and is consistent with a free society. Centralized government control has eroded freedom and adversely affected the quality of education. The poor help pay for education for the future...See more

Created Equal (Vol. 05) - Free To Choose

The Declaration of Independence says, ''all men are created equal.'' Friedman explains that this did not mean all persons should or will have equal talents or income. Equal opportunity to better one’s self, and the right to personally benefit from the gains realized, are...See more

From Cradle to Grave (Vol. 04) - Free To Choose

The welfare state arises from the attempt to do good with other people’s money. Such attempts always fail because: Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as his own. Welfare is supply driven. Those spending the money use force to collect it and to insure those receiving...See more

Anatomy of Crisis (Vol. 03) - Free To Choose

The Great Depression has been popularly viewed as a failure of capitalism. The stock market crash, the failure of the Bank of the United States, loss of personal savings, were visible symbols supporting this belief. As Friedman explains, the real cause was the unseen failure of...See more

The Tyranny of Control (Vol. 02) - Free To Choose

Government planning and precise control of economic activity lessen productive innovation and consumer choice. Good, better, best, are replaced by ''approved'' or ''authorized.'' Friedman shows how 'established' industries or methods, seek government protection or subsidization...See more

The Power of the Market (Vol. 01) - Free To Choose

America’s freedom and prosperity derive from the combination of human liberty in America’s Declaration of Independence with the idea of economic freedom in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Friedman explains how markets and voluntary exchange organize activity and enable people to...See more