Milton Friedman
A Guide to His Economic Thought

Recently, I've been having an intense craving to learn the mechanics of economics. I've recently herd of a fellow called Milton Friedman and how great of an economist he was, so I looked into him and his views. I agreed with alot of his material. He seemed suitable enough to learn from, so I decided......more

Muy buen libro para concer las ideas y aportaciones de uno de los más grandes e influyentes economistas de la era moderna, Milton Friedman. La primera parte del libro puede ser más interesante para estudiosos serios de la economía que para el público en general. En ella se describen las aportaciones......more

An excellent read that gives a great summary of Milton Friedman's economic thinking. The book covers a range of economic thought and, as such, can get a little dry and difficult at times. It offers, however, some great explanations of how macroeconomic thinking can provide guidance and understanding......more

Perhaps I am confused with the scope and purpose of the book, but even for a "lay-person" introductory piece it is still too shallow. The book includes some clever interpretations of Friedman's thoughts and examples of their "success," but limited explanation of why such methods might work. So, at o......more

This book is very focused in the monetary policy and the supply of money, and it's effect on prices and economic expansion, it shows the problems of a irregular velocity of the generation of money, because the monetary expansion will lead to increases on prices, but not in a predictable way, and the......more