David Friedman on Anarcho-Capitalism and Free-Market Solutions

David D. Friedman on his Famous Father, Anarcho-Capitalism and Free-Market Solutions

Sunday, April 08, 2012 – with Anthony Wile

The Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with David D. Friedman (left).

Introduction: David Director Friedman isa  law professor, anarcho-capitalist and author of The Machinery of Freedom. He is the son of economists Rose and Milton Friedman and holds an A.B. in chemistry and physics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. In The Machinery of Freedom, he proposed a form of anarcho-capitalism where even law would be produced by the market. He suggests an incrementalist approach to achieving anarcho-capitalism, one that includes gradual privatization of society over time. He is opposed to achieving anarcho-capitalism via violence. 

Here's a brief snippet:

Daily Bell: What are you working on now?
David D. Friedman: My current non-fiction project is a book on legal systems very different from ours, coming out of a course I teach – systems covered include Imperial China, modern gypsies, Periclean Athens and a variety of others. The draft of that is on my web page; comments are welcome.  My current fiction project is a sequel to Salamander.
Daily Bell: What do you think you are best known for?
David D. Friedman: Among libertarians, I'm best known for the version of anarcho-capitalism that was presented in my first book. Among economists, probably for my work in the economic analysis of law, and perhaps also for Hidden Order as an entertaining and intuitive presentation of the underlying ideas of the field.

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