Anarchy and the Efficient Law, Part 1 | David Friedman

Lecture presented by David Friedman at the Mises Institute Brasil's 1st Austrian School of Economics seminar on April 11, 2010.

David Friedman is an American economist, author, and libertarian theorist. He is known as a leader in anarchist political theory, which is the subject of his most popular book, The Machinery of Freedom (1973, revised 1989). He has authored others, 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).

David Friedman is the son of economists Rose and Milton Friedman. His son, Patri Friedman, has also written about anarcho-capitalism, particularly seasteading. David Friedman holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago, although he is most known for work in other fields. He is currently a professor of law at Santa Clara University, and a contributing editor for Liberty magazine. (Source: Wikipedia)

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