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Oct 19, 2018 milton friedman 19122006 made one of the most provocative arguments on the role of business firms in society almost 50 years ago. Jan 31, 2010 the social responsibility of business by milton friedman 1. Profit is not the sole purpose of corporations bloomberg. That is why, in my book capitalism and freedom, i have called it a. Part 1 of 10 the power of the market featuring milton friedman free to choose part 2.

He justifies this view by considering who it is a company and its executives are beholden to. Pdf friedmans the social responsibility of business is. Milton friedman on selfinterest and the profit motive 1of2 milton friedman on selfinterest and the profit motive 2of2 the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits by milton friedmanthe new york times magazine, september, 1970. When i hear businessmen speak eloquently about the social responsibilities of business in a freeenterprise system, i am reminded of the wonderful line about the frenchman who discovered at the age of 70 that he had been speaking prose all his life. A friedman business doctrine and deciding how the tax proceeds shall be spent, on the other.

In his book capitalism and freedom, he further argues that when companies concern themselves with the. Feb 15, 2009 on his death in the autumn of 2006, milton friedman was lauded as the grandmaster of freemarket economic theory in the postwar era by the new york times and the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century by the economist. The friedman doctrine, or shareholder theory, is a normative theory of business ethics advanced by economist milton friedman. This is a book that restores your faith in reasoned discourse. Sep, 2018 that is why, in my book capitalism and freedom, i have called it a fundamentally subversive doctrine in a free society, and have said that in such a society, there is one and only one social responsibility of business to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of. Milton friedman stated in his famous article in the new york. The idea got going with an article by milton friedman in the new york times in 1970. Table of cases regal hastings ltd v gulliver 1942 ukhl 1. His 1970 new york times magazine article the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits is a staple of businessethics courses. When i hear businessmen speak eloquently about the social responsibilities of business in a freeenterprise system, i am reminded of the wonderful line about the frenchman who discovered at the age of 70 that he. Reprinted in ethical theory and business, edited by tom l. With george stigler and others, friedman was among the intellectual.