Creidibility and popularity are not a zero-sum game.
Oh, it's Friedman. Why do I even bother? In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Oh, it's Friedman. Why do I even bother?
Because he makes a lot of sense at other times, such as on the environment and green industry.
And because he raises a good example of what the world may start to look like as the Western influence on the world begins to cede to non-Western powers. ... all progress depends on the unreasonable mensch.(apologies to G.B. Shaw)