In his Newsweek columns published between 1966 and 1983, and in his books Capitalism and Freedom , Free to Choose , and The Tyranny of the Status Quo (written with his wife, Rose), Friedman offered a vision of liberty that was both appealing and achievable. Indeed, Free to Choose – later the basis of a popular television series that he hosted – was published illegally in Poland in the 1980’s, helping to inspire me, and many others, to dream of a future of freedom during the darkest years of communist rule.