There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch: Essays On Public Policy
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Few phrases have entered the popular lexicon as forcefully as the one that titles this landmark collection — and few economists have argued its truth as rigorously as Milton Friedman. There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch gathers a series of incisive essays on public policy in which Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning champion of free-market economics, systematically dismantles the seductive illusions of government intervention, presenting compelling arguments against price controls, welfare programmes, and bureaucratic overreach. The collection also includes his famous *Playboy* interview, in which Friedman translates complex economic doctrine into sharp, accessible dialogue, making his libertarian philosophy available to the broadest possible audience. Writing with characteristic clarity, wit, and an almost prosecutorial command of evidence, Friedman illustrates how well-intentioned government policies consistently produce unintended — and often deeply damaging — consequences for the very citizens they purport to help. These essays stand as a cornerstone of 20th-century economic thought, capturing a pivotal moment when the post-war Keynesian consensus was beginning to fracture under the weight of stagflation and fiscal crisis. For anyone who wishes to understand the intellectual foundations of modern conservatism and free-market liberalism, this collection remains an indispensable — and urgently relevant — provocation.
Author: Milton Friedman
Format: Paperback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few phrases have entered the popular lexicon as forcefully as the one that titles this landmark collection — and few economists have argued its truth as rigorously as Milton Friedman. There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch gathers a series of incisive essays on public policy in which Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning champion of free-market economics, systematically dismantles the seductive illusions of government intervention, presenting compelling arguments against price controls, welfare programmes, and bureaucratic overreach. The collection also includes his famous *Playboy* interview, in which Friedman translates complex economic doctrine into sharp, accessible dialogue, making his libertarian philosophy available to the broadest possible audience. Writing with characteristic clarity, wit, and an almost prosecutorial command of evidence, Friedman illustrates how well-intentioned government policies consistently produce unintended — and often deeply damaging — consequences for the very citizens they purport to help. These essays stand as a cornerstone of 20th-century economic thought, capturing a pivotal moment when the post-war Keynesian consensus was beginning to fracture under the weight of stagflation and fiscal crisis. For anyone who wishes to understand the intellectual foundations of modern conservatism and free-market liberalism, this collection remains an indispensable — and urgently relevant — provocation.