“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority,

“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back” - JMK Edit: I always thought this was a cool quote, though in this case and many others I tend to agree with Milton Freedman. Perhaps it’s the voices in the air.