"First published in 1962 and based on a series of lectures from 1956, Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom provides the definitive statement of an immensely influential economic philosophy-one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a...

Market and state -- A monetary economy -- Mainstream theory -- Heterodox traditions -- Marx's political economy -- Marx and money -- The financial state -- The golden age of steam -- German monetary policy -- UK monetary policy -- Capitalist development -- Concluding thoughts

Prologue -- Adam Smith's moral philosophical vision : the context of his economic analysis -- An inquiry: book I -- An inquiry: books II and III -- An inquiry: book IV -- An inquiry: book V -- Epilogue: Adam Smith and laissez-faire