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The Masses Choose the Best Elites

Julian Sanchez | 10.17.2005 12:02 PM

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The votes are in, and Foreign Policy lists the top 20 public intellectuals chosen by its readers. Noam Chomsky's got the top spot, but Hernando DeSoto and Bjørn Lomborg make a respectable showing at 13 and 14, with Milton Friedman the top write in vote.

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