Free to Choose
Season 2 Episode 2 - The Tyranny of Control
8.0 ?
1980
Documentary
Government planning and detailed control of economic activity lessens productive innovation, and consumer choice. Good, better, best, are replaced by "approved" or "authorized." Friedman shows how "established" industries or methods, seek government protection or subsidization in their attempts to stop or limit product improvements which they don't control. Friedman visits India, Japan and U.S. Introduction by George Shultz.
