upheld by economists who would be considered on the left such as paul krugman or joseph stiglitz, emanuel saz. i think they are the true successors of friedman and hayek in the 1950s and that the contemporary libertarians are really a different, a different offshoot. >> host: do you think paul krugman would agree with you? >> guest: i think that he very well might. he wrote a very complimentary review of friedman after friedman's death and pointed out that friedman's contributions in economics were very significant and spoke highly of him. larry summers would be another individual who would come to mind. and it's not like in the 1950s, '60s and '70s where economists on the left are advocating social im, that government -- socialism, that government should run the economy. in fact, friedman in the 1950s thought that society should be more equal than it was at that time, and society at that time was far more equal than it is now. friedman would be on the far left at this point in time, his views in the early 1950s. that's a reflection of how much society has changed. so, no, i -- whether they w