He was actually quite prolific from what I hear. This is just a short list of what has actually been published. God knows how much poetry and song lyrics he probably cranked out.
I’ll stick up for him. I find him extremely useful. He explicates and explains things with an unparalleled articulation and has a talent for relaying things to the layman probably better than anyone I’ve seen.
I will agree he can be dangerous, as he’s so good, that it can be quite easy for a newb (not coincidentally the kind of person who would get the most out of him) to fall into a trap of thinking he must be right on pretty much everything. This of course can lead to holding some bad ideas…mostly relating to minarchism and money. But again, as long as the person continues with their studies, they’ll continue to understand, and they’ll come across the critiques, and they’ll see the alternative views. Even I felt something just didn’t sit right about his explanation of the Great Depression even before I had heard any critiques of Friedman and the monetarist view. If someone is actually interested enough to be reading free-market economics in the first place, they’ll find some Austrian School. If nothing else, the sheer presence and prominence of the Mises Institute will pretty much guarantee that exposure.
But there is plenty a newbie can learn from Friedman. He can do a great deal in terms of enhancing a person’s economic outlook, and their view of the world. Again, his speaking ability and gift for capturing the attention of the listener, despite the topic being the “dismal science”, is uncanny. And even Rothbard said he was right at least 90% of the time.