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Also known as David Director Friedman, David Friedman

American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist

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Works
10

Top works

  • Private and political markets both fail
  • Das Räderwerk der Freiheit. Für einen radikalen Kapitalismus.
  • Future imperfect
  • Harald
  • More justice for less money

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1955-03-11

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Listeners
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Total plays
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spoken wordanarchistfreedomphilosophyanarcho-capitalism

David D. Friedman is the son of Milton Friedman, a capitalist philosopher. David became an anarcho-capitalist economist and philosopher, who wrote a number of books including The Machinery of Freedom. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/David+D.+Friedman">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
David Director Friedman , ( 1945-02-12 ) February 12, 1945 (age 81)
Spouse
Elizabeth Cook
Children
Patri Friedman
Parents
Milton Friedman (father) Rose Friedman (mother)
Education
Harvard University ( BA ) , University of Chicago ( MA , PhD )
Influences
Ronald Coase , Friedrich Hayek , Robert A. Heinlein , Milton Friedman , Rose Friedman , Adam Smith , Richard Timberlake , Alfred Marshall , Murray Rothbard
Discipline
Economics , law
School or tradition
Chicago school of economics
Institutions
Santa Clara University
Notable ideas
The Machinery of Freedom , Consequentialist libertarianism
Website
Official website Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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Encyclopedic overview

David Director Friedman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born February 12, 1945) is an American economist, physicist, and legal scholar. He is known for his textbook writings on microeconomics and the libertarian theory of anarcho-capitalism, which is the subject of his most popular book, The Machinery of Freedom. Described by Walter Block as a "free-market anarchist" theorist, Friedman has also authored several other books and articles, including Price Theory: An Intermediate Text (1986), Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters (2000), Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (1996), and Future Imperfect (2008).

Life and work

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