The policies that Milton advocated got a huge boost because companies put lobbyists who distribute campaign money in the “right places” to switch political incentives.
You seem to be confusing support for a free market with rent seeking. Milton Friedman supported free markets, in this and your follow up comment you seem to equate this with rent seeking.
You seem to be confusing support for a free market with rent seeking. Milton Friedman supported free markets, in this and your follow up comment you seem to equate this with rent seeking.