(ii) Adopt the stance of rebel: There is nothing that plays worse in our culture than seeming to be the stodgy defender of old ideas, no matter how true those ideas may be. Luckily, at this point the orthodoxy of the academic economists is very much a minority position among intellectuals in general; one can seem to be a courageous maverick, boldly challenging the powers that be, by reciting the contents of a standard textbook. It has worked for me!
Paul Krugman says something similar
(Very close to the end of Ricardo’s Difficult Idea] )
Well, it is similar insofar as “reciting the contents of a standard textbook” and “doing rational things” are similar.
Mileage varies.
Krugman’s talking about Ricardo’s Law in particular, very basic, very old, not disputed so far as I know, and not known to the general populace.