This is CBS Iron the World. I'm John Batchel. Doge. Very famous, very controversial. I welcome

Veronique de Rijee of the Mercatus Center, writing most recently at Reason Magazine about

Doge in Milton Friedman's hands. Verenique, a very good evening to you. Before we begin, Milton Friedman's hands. Verenaika, very good evening to you.

Before we begin, Milton Friedman, he's gone now.

What did he represent in his time?

Especially about the federal government.

What did he stand for?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John.

Well, Milton Friedman was a very famous economist.

He was a brilliant economist.

He was a very famous economist. He was a brilliant economist. He was a sharp advocate for free market policies.

He was a real gentleman.

He was always smiling.

And no matter how confrontational the question was, he was always

responding with a smile and very rigorous in what he believed and why he believed it.

Milton Friedman had an idea before there was Doge,

which is that the federal government needs to be smaller.

Shrink the government, grow the private economy,

which is the engine of change, innovation, transparency, justice.

You write in your article that he would have permitted four and a half agencies.

What four and a half agencies?

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