Friedman did embrace a propaganda structure besides his books on monetary policy.
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
As such, his failure to go on the record correcting them amounts to a powerful endorsement of their views.
We allow economists to get away with that kind of behaviour far too often: "They didn't say that really, it was just others interpreting."
That's fine with Smith, Ricardo etc. they weren't around to correct people. But Friedman was and many others are now and they just don't.
If you behave that way in other disciplines, you lose credibility. Why should economics get a free pass?
