Summary Of Free To Choose: A Personal Statement By Milton And Rose Friedman

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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton and Rose Friedman is a book about the analysis of economics, which has an emphasis on the strong belief in free markets and capitalism. The focus of this belief is observed with three economic concepts: human freedom, economic freedom and equity.

The power of the market is controlled by a system called the command principle which signifies that there is a large enough number of people to make the system work. In this type of system everyone receives commands from someone higher up than them and can work with anything from large corporations and small companies, to even families. One example of this type of economy used in Free to Choose is the The Soviet Union. The results of the Soviet Union …show more content…

A mix between the both types of market systems need to be established to be able to see success in the world economy and be able to form a stable trade with currency. The example of pencil manufacturing gives a wonderful example of the mixed economy: each part of the pencil is needed to make the end product and without one material part it wouldn’t be possible to make the end product. In the example when one of the material parts prices went up the price of the overall pencil went up too. This shows the importance of the price systems and everything that needs to happen to be able to have successful businesses and a stable world economy. The price system when establish provides three functions in organizing the economic activity: (1) it transmits information, (2) it provides an incentive for people to use the most profitable methods of production for the most highly-valued purposes, and (3) it determine the distribution of income. These three aspects impact the value on supply and demand. One application for this principle is the price system for the fashion industry and the changes of prices. If …show more content…

Federal Reserve Notes are the legal tender of the land as they are readily accepted in exchange for goods and services. But it isn 't the pieces of paper that determine the national wealth. It is the work ethic of their population. The supply of money is a variable that the government must seek to control in order to avoid various economic problems in the economy. Many different items have functioned as a form of money over the course of history. The common factor is that each item had to be accepted in exchange for goods and services. Wampum beads were used in the early days. The state of Virginia used tobacco as a form of money for many years. They even issued certificates of deposits based on tobacco. Cigarettes functioned as a form of money during World. It didn’t and hasn’t matter what form the economy used as currency as long as everyone involved agreed in what the form of currency was. This is very important as we – the economy and government – decide what the value is for our currency, and as a result we are able to influence other markets. Friedman explained five truths about the influence of currency and inflation – (1) inflation is caused by a more rapid increase in the money supply; (2) our current world government determines the quantity of money; (3) the cure for inflation is to lower the rate of monetary growth; (4) it takes time for inflation to develop; and (5) many unpleasant

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