Friedman coupled a utopian philosophy with strategic attention to practical goals

Evidence

Friedman was vocal about these longterm goals when he engaged in discussion with ideological sympathizers, but he only rarely mentioned them when addressing a general audience. He was a radical idealist who constructed his public policy proposals with a deep and perceptive attention to strategy. Few public fi gures in modern history have matched a utopian social philosophy with such close attention to the maintenance of practical goals. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 495

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the common caricature of Friedman as merely a naive ideologue; connects to the reader’s advanced research on how MPS ideas became policy. — connects to: Friedman deliberately balanced utopian ideals against incremental politically feasible proposals — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 493; Friedman’s rhetorical power fused critique of the present with utopian promise — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 492

Broader Connections

• Friedman deliberately balanced utopian ideals against incremental politically feasible proposals #corroborates (0.85) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 493
• Friedman’s rhetorical power fused critique of the present with utopian promise #expands (0.80) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 492