Two Lucky People: Memoirs

Friedman, Milton; Friedman, Rose D.

ISBN 10: 0226264149 / ISBN 13: 9780226264141

Published by University of Chicago Press, U.S.A., 1998

About this Item

1st Edition/1st Printing (complete nuber line). SIGNED and inscribed by both Milton & Rose Friedman on two separate plain-white bookplate decals affixed to front end page. Creasing on two pages (357 & 359). $35.00 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. 660 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 026780

Bibliographic Details

Title: Two Lucky People: Memoirs

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

This is an autobiographical account of the lives and influence of economist Milton Friedman and his wife Rose, who sought to change intellectual opinion in the USA by their belief in personal freedom. It covers their involvement with world leaders and important public policy issues. Through their books and television programmes, and Milton's columns in "Newsweek", the Friedmans' views have been influential, widely debated and gradually accepted. When "Capitalism and Freedom" was published in 1962, it was ignored by the national media. By contrast, "Free to Choose", published the year Ronald Reagan was elected, became a bestseller. Together the Friedmans experienced many of the major events that have shaped the history of the modern world - from the Great Depression to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Milton Friedman served as unofficial adviser to Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater and Presidents Nixon and Reagan. Apart from providing an account of two productive careers, the book is laced with entertaining details of life on the academic and ideological high wire.