The other sight on Friedman's life work:
http://www.observer.com/2007/milton-friedman-s-afterlife“Friedman dreamed of depatterning societies,” Ms. Klein reminds us, “of returning them to a state of pure capitalism, cleansed of all interruptions—government regulations, trade barriers and entrenched interests.” The problem was that though Friedman claimed his ideology went hand in glove with spreading democracy, “free people just didn’t seem to vote for politicians who followed his advice.”
EDIT:
She's probably wrong about what she says about Friedman.
He once used the term "shock program" or "shock therapy" in a letter to Pinochet. That's what Naomi Klein took as a general term that is valid in almost all free market initiatives in the world since Pinochet, in her opinion.
Nonetheless, I like the term, because it serves as a good headline of what the international financial system actually put into practice over the last three decades, but to say it describes a general concept of Milton Friedman is unfair against him.
