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Economist and physicist who pioneered consequentialist anarcho-capitalism: argues that law, courts and police can be efficiently provided by competitive free markets without relying on natural rights.
Political axes
David Friedman leans further toward federal than 98% of the 525 personalities in the catalog.
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On Morality, David Friedman sits close to the catalog median.
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Current that proposes abolishing the state and organizing all of society through contracts and free markets, with security, justice, and services provided by competing private companies under absolute property rights.
Philosophy that advocates maximum individual freedom and a state reduced to essential functions, valuing private property, free markets, and personal autonomy while rejecting state coercion over life.
Current that uses cryptography and digital technologies to guarantee privacy, freedom, and transactions beyond state control, seeking to weaken surveillance and authority through technological means.
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American economic journalist and philosopher associated with the Austrian School, celebrated for popularizing free-market economics and exposing the unseen costs of government price controls and subsidies.
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A small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
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A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
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