So, this guy is qualified to write about this, because he carried Chi Chi Rodriguez's golf clubs? Chi Chi.. not like Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicholas, Chi Chi.

I believe every word of it.

Just because he was a caddy as a 17 year old kid 35 fucking years ago doesn't make him a dumbass either.

'One reason for Friedman's influence is that, in the mid-'90s, he staked out the territory at the intersection of technology, financial markets, and world trade, which the foreign policy establishment, still focused on cruise missiles and throw weights, had largely ignored.'

I would say that makes him pretty qualified. Did you even read the story?

alan greenspan used to be a jazz saxophonist. what's your point, uart?

i think friedman makes a lot of interesting points. he makes a few stretches on specifics, but the main premises seem pretty solid.