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capitalism93 t1_ixopdej wrote

Reply to comment by Mortentia in Amazon workers in the U.S. and 30 other countries plan Black Friday protests by AmethystOrator

Both Friedman and Hayek won the Nobel Prize in Economics for their outstanding contributions to the field. That is probably related to the influence they have had.

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Mortentia t1_ixoq1uy wrote

Oh yeah I’m aware of their influence and the reasons for it but Nobel Prizes don’t necessarily mean that an individual contributed enough or the right things to their field to achieve the type of cult-like following they have.

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