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David Director Friedman (born February 12, 1945) is an American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and anarcho-capitalist theorist. Although he studied 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. 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 David Friedman is the son of economists Rose and Milton Friedman. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1965, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics. He later earned a master's (1967) and a PhD (1971) in theoretical physics from the University of Chicago. Despite his later career, he never took a class for credit in either economics or law. He was a professor of law at Santa Clara University from 2005 to 2017, and a contributing editor for Liberty magazine. He is currently a Professor Emeritus. He is an atheist. His son, Patri Friedman, has also written about libertarian theory and market anarchism, particularly seasteading. The Machinery of Freedom In his book The Machinery of Freedom (1973), Friedman sketched a form of anarcho-capitalism where all goods and services including law itself can be produced by the free market. Friedman advocates an incrementalist approach to achieve anarcho-capitalism by gradual privatization of areas that government is involved in, ultimately privatizing the law itself. In the book, he states his opposition to violent anarcho-capitalist revolution. He advocates a consequentialist version of anarcho-capitalism, arguing for it on a cost–benefit analysis of state versus no state. It is contrasted with the natural-rights approach as propounded most notably by economist and libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard. Non-academic interests Friedman is a longtime member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, where he is known as Duke Cariadoc of the Bow. He is known throughout the worldwide society for his articles on the philosophy of recreationism and practical historical recreations, especially those relating to the medieval Middle East. His work is compiled in the popular Cariadoc's Miscellany. He is sometimes credited with founding the largest and longest-running SCA event, the Pennsic War; as king of the Middle Kingdom he challenged the East Kingdom, and later as king of the East accepted the challenge and lost (to himself). He was a teenage wargamer who taught his school friend, Jack Radey, founder of People's War Games, how to play such wargames as Tactics II. Radey relates how Friedman and himself wrote to Charles S. Roberts claiming that they had found a first turn winning strategy for each of the two sides. Roberts replied that their interpretation of the rules was valid. He is a long-time science fiction fan, and has written three novels. Harald (Baen Books, 2006) is set in an invented world drawn from European history. Salamander (2011) and its sequel Brothers (2020) are fantasy. He has spoken in favor of a non-interventionist foreign policy. Bibliography Nonfiction 1988. Cariadoc's Miscellany. 1990 (2nd ed.; 1st ed.: 1986). Price Theory: An Intermediate Text. Southwestern Publishing. 1996. Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life. ISBN 0887308856. 2000. Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters. Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 0691090092 2005. "The Case for Privacy" in Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 1405115483 2008. Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World. ISBN 0521877326 2015 (3rd ed.; 2nd ed.: 1989; 1st ed.: 1973). The Machinery of Freedom. ISBN 978-1507785607 2019. Legal Systems Very Different from Ours. ISBN 1793386722 Fiction David D. Friedman (2006). Harald. Baen Books. ISBN 9781416520566. OL 16070848W. Salamander, 2011 Brothers, 2020 References External links Official website Appearances on C-SPAN Profile on the website of Santa Clara University David D. Friedman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Booknotes interview with Friedman on Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life, October 20, 1996. David D. Friedman publications indexed by Google Scholar. Discover the David Friedman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Friedman books.
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The Internet Consumer Bible
Tess Read, Calum Chace & Simon RoweThe Internet Consumer Bible is the most authoritative guide to the internet available. Far more than a directory, this book shows you whether novice or experienced web surfer whi...
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Shell Shock
Ian Cummins & John BeasantRoyal Dutch/Shell is a multinational behemoth. Every four seconds of every day, 1,200 cars fill their tanks with petrol on Shell forecourts, while at airports around the world civi...
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COVID Curveball
Tim Neverett & Orel HershiserA riveting inside account of the most unforgettable season in Los Angeles Dodgers history, from the COVIDdelayed start through the incredible playoff run, by the broadcaster who sa...
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David Bergelson
Joseph Sherman"Among the finest prose stylists in Yiddish literature, David Bergelson (18841952) was caught up in many of the twentieth century's most defining events. In 1909 he emerged as a pi...
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America at War since 1945
Gary A. DonaldsonFocusing primarily on politics and foreign policy, America at War since 1945 analyzes America's involvement in its several wars since the end of World War II. The main questions as...
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Roland G. Henin
Susan Crowther, Thomas Keller & Raimund HofmeisterCertified Master Chef Roland G. Henin has been our nation's top culinary mentor for the past fifty years, training such prestigious chefs as Chef Thomas Keller of French Laundry an...
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Sledgehammer
David FriedmanThe Trump administration’s peace agreements in the Middle East were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment in decades. Now, for the first time, his ambassador to Israel explain...
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The Reproach of Hunger
David RieffHailed as “invaluable…a substantial work of political thought,” (New Statesman) in a groundbreaking report, based on years of reporting, David Rieff assesses whether ending extreme...
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Capital
Karl Marx & David FernbachThe "forgotten" second volume of Capital, Marx's worldshaking analysis of economics, politics, and history, contains the vital discussion of commodity, the cornerstone to Marx's th...
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Conspicuous Consumption
Thorstein VeblenWith its wry portrayal of a shallow, materialistic 'leisure class' obsessed by clothes, cars, consumer goods and climbing the social ladder, this withering satire on modern capital...
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The Perfect Consultant
Eggert , Max And Van Der Zeil , ElaineThis is a first class addition to the ever popular 'Perfect' series and covers a growth area of management. More and more people are becoming consultants as layers of middl...
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
Thomas L. FriedmanThis revised edition of the numberone bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prizewinning author's new, updated epilogue.One of the most though...
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And Now on Radio 4
Simon ElmesAnd Now on Radio 4 offers an enthusiast's guide to the shows that have made Radio 4 what it is, and also explores some of the wonderful corners of the network's history that are lo...
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Hello Again
Simon ElmesIt’s now ninety years since the BBC made its first broadcast and the British love affair with radio began.This book is a journey through that fascinating history and a celebration ...
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Perfect Project Manager
Peter BartramAt some stage in their job or life, everyone is asked to organise a larger scale project it may be running the company's annual sales conference, preparing a launch of a new p...