Ideologies / Libertarian / David Friedman
§ The minds · b. 1945 · United States · Economist & theorist
David Friedman
The machinery of freedom
Market solutions, all the way down.
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Governance−58
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The economist whose 'The Machinery of Freedom' argued that markets could supply even law and protection, bridging minarchist and anarcho-capitalist thought.
social
Liberal individualist on personal conduct.
economic
Radical free-market economist; private provision of most public goods.
governance
Pushed the limited-state case toward fully private law and order.
Notable for
- 'The Machinery of Freedom'
- Market-anarchist theory
- Bridged minarchism and an-cap
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