Free to Choose is both a book (ISBN 0156334607) and a ten-part television series. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by economists Milton and Rose D. Friedman provides examples of how the free market works, as evidence that it can solve problems that other approaches have been unsuccessful in solving. Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1976, the same year that fellow University of Chicago Professor, Saul Bellow won the Prize for literature. Contrary to normal practice the book was written after the TV series was produced, using the program transcripts as reference. PBS telecast the series, beginning in January 1980. The book was on the best sellers list for 5 weeks. Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (born July 31, 1912) is a U.S. economist, known for his work on macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, statistics, and for his advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism. ... Rose Director Friedman, also known as Rose D. Friedman and Rose Director, is the wife of Milton Friedman, the winner of the 1976 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and sister of Aaron Director, a celebrated professor at the University of Chicago Law School. ... The University of Chicago is a private university principally located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890 and opened in 1892. ... Bellow as depicted in his Nobel diploma. ...