Has Friedman has actually said that? If so it runs counter to the economic consensus. Corporate lobbyists tend to cite an academic case for deregulation that h

Has Friedman has actually said that? If so it runs counter to the economic consensus. Corporate lobbyists tend to cite an academic case for deregulation that has not been made. As the article rightly points out Adam Smith is frequently trotted out as an advocate of deregulated free markets, when in fact he was very clear that a free market must be regulated.