David D. Friedman
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American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist
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David D. Friedman is an American male author and spoken word artist. He has been associated with themes of anarchism, freedom, philosophy, and anarcho-capitalism. His published works include *Future imperfect*, *More justice for less money*, *Private and political markets both fail*, *Das Räderwerk der Freiheit. Für einen radikalen Kapitalismus.*, and *Harald*.
Friedman maintains an official website and blog. His writings have been referenced by 340 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- 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
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1955-03-11
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13
- Total plays
- 61
Tags
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>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,951x
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,831x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 63,627x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 63,440x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,733x
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Friedman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Child
- Patri Friedman
- Father
- Milton Friedman
- Mother
- Rose Friedman
- Occupation
- poet
- Position held
- editor-in-chief
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Doctoral advisor
- Milton Friedman
- Doctoral student
- Peter Leeson
- Field of work
- economics
- Official website
- daviddfriedman.com
- Image
- David Friedman by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Political ideology
- anarcho-capitalism
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- David D. Friedman
- date of birth
- 1945-01-01
- Commons gallery
- David D. Friedman
- official blog URL
- daviddfriedman.blogspot.com
- student
- Peter Leeson
- name in native language
- David Friedman
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
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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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