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Capitalism and Freedom

A work by Milton Friedman, first published in 1962

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  • What korrents draws from it

    To a free person, the country is the individuals who compose it, not something above them, A free person sees government as a means, neither a giver of favors nor a master to be worshipped, Freedom is rare and delicate, and its great threat is the concentration of power …

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    Milton Friedman

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Key facts

First published
19622
Edition korrents quotes
University of Chicago Press, 2002 edition3
Claims on korrents
201

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. To a free person, the country is the individuals who compose it, not something above them (opens korrents.com)1

  2. A free person sees government as a means, neither a giver of favors nor a master to be worshipped (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Freedom is rare and delicate, and its great threat is the concentration of power (opens korrents.com)1

  4. A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Government power must be dispersed (opens korrents.com)1

  6. If government is to exercise power, it is better done locally than by states, and by states than nationally (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. Capitalism and Freedom (University of Chicago Press, 2002 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Capitalism and Freedom, Q2631183 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. Capitalism and Freedom (University of Chicago Press, 2002 edition) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)

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