Friedman’s emphasis on free trade no matter what has seriously hurt this country. Free trade with countries that don’t buy our products in return has wrecked our industries and is the root cause of our current 23% unemployment (shadowstats.com) and it has helped make an economic powerhouse out of communist country (china).
It’s destroyed key US industries. We now depend on China for military parts. We even use their satellites for military communications. Heck China even just bought our largest pork producer. But notice they aren’t buying our goods, they are buying our manufacturing capability.
We seriously need to protect our industries and put Americans back to work.
Protectionism never works.