If anything, the 1962 book is far more simple-minded than its original inspiration. It claims that "economic freedom is an end in itself" (p. 8), only to absolve itself of ever having to define "freedom" (p. 26). In contrast to Road, it makes no effort to conduct a dialogue with socialists, nor indeed anyone else who might disagree with it. … Market power was simply waved away with the Friedmanite recourse to the notorious doctrine of the as if: "I have become increasingly impressed with how wide is the range of problems and industries for which it is appropriate to treat the economy as if it were competitive" (p. 120).

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 794