:::::Knitwitted, your comments are not arguments. The authors of anti-Strat books also make money from their publications. Emmerich and Orloff make money from their film etc. We don't sneer at them for that. The Anti-strat theory has gone in and out of the public eye over the century and half it has existed. Having researched and written his book Shapiro is now an expert on the theory, yes. That's how academic life works. An expert is a scholar who researches a topic, not a "believer". Research into the history and cultural significance of an idea is a wholly different matter to research into the plausibility of an idea. Mainstream scholars overwhelmingly reject anti-Strat ideas, as you well know.