David, a legend in his own right, is an academic economist with a doctorate in physics who's spent the past 22 years teaching law. His book, The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism, first published in 1973, is now a classic and describes how a society with property rights and without government might function. There as elsewhere, he offers a "consequentialist" defense of libertarianism. We'll find out if his views have changed at all since 1973 and we'll also discuss "anarcho-capitalism" and what exactly that is... Also, the difference between "natural rights" based Libertarianism and "consequentialist" Libertarianism...
His most recent non-fiction book, Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World, examines the implications of a variety of technological revolutions that might happen over the next few decades.
He also has 3 current projects of interest...
2 Nonfiction: Legal Systems Very Different from Ours & Embedded Economics
1 Fiction: Brothers is David's third novel, the sequel to Salamander... It's a fantasy, set in a world where magic is currently in transition from a craft to a science.
Much of David's published work and forthcoming work can be read on his web page: David D Friedman.com.
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