David D. Friedman
American economist, physicist, legal scholar, author, and libertarian theorist (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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.[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]
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David D. Friedman | |
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 Friedman in 2016 | |
| Born | David Director Friedman (1945-02-12) February 12, 1945 (age 79) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cook |
| Children | Patri Friedman |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Santa Clara University |
| Field | Economics, law |
| 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 |