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Actually, in this case, it's not that I think they are stupid; merely that they have lost touch with reality. An economist who denies the role of government in macroeconomics for ideological reasons may be quite bright and may be able to construct quite fearsome explanations for his positions, but he is deliberately ignoring both the reality of the present and the lessons of history.
I doubt that you can find me an anarchist member of the Chicago school. They all recognize a role for government, the debate is over how large and where that role is. The people you are bothered by are a straw figment of your imagination.
David Friedman.