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Free to Choose — Storyline
Free to Choose is a ten-part television series broadcast on public television by economists Milton and Rose D. Friedman that advocates free market principles. It was primarily a response to an earlier landmark book and television series: The Age of Uncertainty, by the noted economist John Kenneth Galbraith. Milton Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1976.
Cast & Crew
Free to Choose — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1980-03-03 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 15 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | PBS |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Rating | 8.1/10 (7 votes) |
Free to Choose — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: The Power of the Market (1980-03-03) — Dr. Friedman visits and narrates a number of success and failure stories in history, which he attributes to capitalism or the lack thereof.
- E2: The Tyranny of Control — Government planning and detailed control of economic activity lessens productive innovation, and consumer choice. Good, better, best, are replaced by "approved" or "authorized." Fr
- E3: Anatomy of a Crisis — The Great Depression has been popularly viewed as a failure of capitalism. The stock market crash, the failure of the Bank of the United States, loss of personal savings, were visi
- E4: From Cradle to Grave — The welfare state arises from the attempt to do good with other people's money. Such attempts always fail because: Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as his own. Welf
- E5: Created Equal — The Declaration of Independence says, "all men are created equal." Friedman explains that this did not mean all persons should or will have equal talents or income. Equal opportuni
- E6: What's Wrong with our Schools — Parental choice and parental responsibility in the education of children is the U.S. tradition and is consistent with a free society. Centralized government control has eroded free
- E7: Who Protects the Consumer? — Various government agencies have been created on the claim that they will protect the consumer. These agencies restrict freedom, stifle beneficial innovation, and become agents for
- E8: Who Protects the Worker? — Unions sometimes protect some workers – their members – but usually at the expense of other workers. Government protects its employees and special groups of workers at the expense
- E9: How to Cure Inflation — Inflation results when the amount of money printed or coined increases faster than the creation of new goods and services. Money is a "token" of the wealth of a nation. If more tok
- E10: How to Stay Free — Democracies have only recently been considered desirable. Historically, it was feared that democracies always self destruct when citizens, forgetting that you cannot remove want an
Season 2
- E1: The Power of the Market (1990-01-05) — America's freedom and prosperity derive from the combination of the idea of human liberty in America's Declaration of Independence with the idea of economic freedom in Adam Smith's
- E2: The Tyranny of Control (1990-01-12) — Government planning and detailed control of economic activity lessens productive innovation, and consumer choice. Good, better, best, are replaced by "approved" or "authorized." Fr
- E3: Freedom and Prosperity (1990-01-19) — Milton says "Everybody knows what needs to be done. The property that is now in the hands of the state, needs to be gotten into the hands of private people who can use it in accord
- E4: The Failure of Socialism (1990-01-26) — In almost every case, giving individuals the power to choose, to set their own course, will lead to better results than centrally planned activity. That applies to schooling and ev
- E5: Created Equal (1990-02-02) — "The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both." The desire to have
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Free to Choose have? 2 season(s) with 15 episodes.
Where can I watch Free to Choose? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
