The Power of the Market

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"The Power of the Market" is a well-known chapter from Milton and Rose Friedman's book *Free to Choose* that explains how free-market mechanisms coordinate economic activity and promote individual freedom.

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instanceOf book chapter
non-fiction chapter
advocates free-market capitalism
minimal government regulation of prices
associatedWork Free to Choose
surface form: Free to Choose (book)
author Milton Friedman
Rose Friedman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes government intervention in markets
price controls
explains how free markets promote efficiency
how free markets promote individual liberty
how markets coordinate decentralized decisions
how prices transmit information
genre economics literature
popular economics
hasPerspective pro-market
hasTheme decentralized decision-making
relationship between economic and political freedom
role of prices in resource allocation
spontaneous order
illustrates the role of incentives in markets
unintended consequences of regulation
includedIn Free to Choose
surface form: Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
influencedBy Chicago School economics
surface form: Chicago school of economics

classical liberalism
language English
mainSubject competition
economic freedom
free market
individual freedom
invisible hand
limited government
market coordination
price system
voluntary exchange
mediaType print
text
partOf Free to Choose
publicationYear 1980
targetAudience general readers
students of economics

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Free to Choose notableChapter The Power of the Market