This article presents a binary economic critique of Milton Friedman's thesis that a competitive, free market, private enterprise, capitalist system is an essential condition for freedom. After identifying deficiencies in Friedman's understanding of private property and economics, this article...

To enhance (1) the earnings of poor and middle-class people and (2) sustainable growth, this article recommends broadening competitive market opportunities to acquire capital with the earnings of capital. The prospect of more broadly distributed capital earnings in future years provides...

This article presents a proposal to broaden the right to acquire capital with the earnings of capital as a means of promoting sustainable economic recovery and growth. It would open the markets for real and financial capital acquisition more fully and competitively to poor and working people (1)...