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David D. Friedman | |
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| Born | David Director Friedman February 12, 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cook |
| Children | Patri Friedman |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics, law |
| Institution | Santa Clara University |
| School or tradition | Chicago school of economics[1] |
| Influences | Ronald Coase, Friedrich Hayek, Robert A. Heinlein, Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman, Adam Smith, Richard Timberlake, Alfred Marshall, Murray Rothbard |
| Contributions | The Machinery of Freedom Consequentialist libertarianism |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Website | Official website |
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David Director Friedman (born February 12, 1945) is an American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and anarcho-capitalist theorist.[third-party source needed] Although his academic training was in chemistry and physics and not law or economics, 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.[2] Described by Walter Block as a "free-market anarchist" theorist,[3] 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).[4]
- ^ "The Machinery of Freedom" (PDF). p. 124. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
Much is made in libertarian circles of the division between 'Austrian' and 'Chicago' schools of economic theory, largely by people who understand neither. I am classified as 'Chicago'.
- ^ Caplan, Bryan (2008). "Friedman, David (1945–)". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). Friedman, David (1945– ). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; Cato Institute. pp. 194–195. doi:10.4135/9781412965811.n117. ISBN 978-1412965804. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024.
- ^ Block, Walter E. (2011). "David Friedman and Libertarianism: A Critique". Libertarian Papers. 35 (3): 22.
- ^ Free Market Mojo. "An Interview with David D. Friedman" Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine.