David D. Friedman

David D. Friedman
Friedman in 2016
Born	David Director Friedman (1945-02-12) February 12, 1945
Spouse	Elizabeth Cook
Children	Patri Friedman
Parents	Milton Friedman (father) Rose Friedman (mother)

Academic background
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
Academic work
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

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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).