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David Director Friedman (born February 2, 1945) is a libertarian writer and economist who became a leading figure in the anarcho-capitalist community with the publication of his book The Machinery of Freedom (1973, revised 1989). He has also authored the books Price Theory (1986), Law's Order (2000) and Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (1996).

Contents 1 Academic Profile 2 Anarcho-capitalism 3 Family 4 Non-academic interests 5 Works 5.1 Books 6 See also 7 External links

He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago, although he is mostly known for his work in political theory and economics. While in his early career Friedman was a professor of economics, he is currently a professor of law at Santa Clara University as well as a contributing editor for Liberty magazine.

In his book, The Machinery of Freedom, Friedman developed a form of anarcho-capitalism where all goods and services including law itself can be produced by the free market. This differs from the version proposed by Murray Rothbard, where a libertarian legal code would be first be consented to by the parties involved in setting up the anarcho-capitalist society. Friedman advocates an incrementalist approach to achieve anarcho-capitalism by gradual privatization of areas that government is involved in, ultimately privatizing law and order itself.

David Friedman comes from a strongly academic family. He is the son of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. Also part of the family is sister Janet Friedman, economist mother Rose Friedman, and law professor uncle Aaron Director. His son, Patri Friedman, has also written on libertarian topics.

Professor Friedman is also 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 also founded 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.

He is a long-time science fiction fan, and has written a fantasy novel, Harald (Baen Books, 2006).

• The Machinery of Freedom, 1973
• Price Theory: An Intermediate Text, 1986
• Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life, 1996
• Law’s Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters, 2000
• Harald, 2006
• Salamander, upcoming

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