March 5, 2009 3:44PM 

# Milton Friedman Defends Capitalism 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Unfortunately, we don’t have great advantage of having [Milton Friedman ](https://www.cato.org/friedman/)with us during the present “blame the free market” storm that is raging in Washington. Still, it’s nice to have clips of this champion in action.

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