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I doubt she's heard of any other Nobel laureates in economics, other than Krugman.
There was something about the culture of the early Cold War that actually elevated people like Friedman and Rand to the status of public intellectual (and there were lots of other interesting public intellectuals back then). Today, anyone interesting is run out of polite society.
Hope she likes Friedman more than Krugman!
Not likely. It was very surprising to me that she held a positive impression of Friedman.
Oh no, you have to educate your parents!
My dad's read more Sowell than I have (low bar), so he's fine. My mom's a lost cause. I'm done tilting at that windmill.
I guess for some people they're not gonna learn something doesn't work until they try it themselves.
It doesn't seem to matter to her how often her preferred policies fail or how often they hurt precisely the people she wanted them to help.
My mom is a lost cause who admired Milton Friedman? This is not consistent
I agree. It's not consistent.
WHAT? Now I am confused
edit: why are you surprised?
why are you surprised?
Because her politics are not even remotely aligned with his.
And they have coexisted?
Politics don't have to rule people's lives and they generally shouldn't.
I agree 1000 percent
Most people should not vote
Me too
Tell your mom she should not vote because it's not rational
I have. She did not respond rationally.
of couse she does
I have to say, one of the best biographies/obituaries of Milton Friedman was written by Krugman
This was in 2006 or 2007
Polite society left in 2014 or earlier
edit: Friedman also wrote a monthly column for Newsweek in the 1970s
That's a decent place to date it, although I don't feel like there had been any interesting public intellectuals for quite a while before that.
I'm sorry I assumed both your parents were teachers
I am impressed that she knows Friedman regardless
Hell most teachers have never heard of Friedman
edit: it's easier to have a cultural impact if you have a Nobel Prize