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David D. Friedman

1945 - Today

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David Director Friedman (born February 12, 1945) is an American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and anarcho-capitalist theorist. Although his academic training was in chemistry and physics and not law or economics, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David D. Friedman has received more than 812,391 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). David D. Friedman is the 225th most popular economist (down from 217th in 2019), the 4,111th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,780th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Economist.

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  • 58.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, David D. Friedman ranks 225 out of 414. Before him are Giovanni Arrighi, Chester Barnard, Adam Müller, Martín de Azpilcueta, Nassau William Senior, and Olivier Blanchard. After him are Jules Dupuit, Paul Milgrom, Thomas Sowell, Albert O. Hirschman, Leopold von Wiese, and Harold Innis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, David D. Friedman ranks 274. Before him are Sayuri Yoshinaga, Dragan Holcer, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Leonard Adleman, Cem Karaca, and Sylvester Levay. After him are Pietro Grasso, Sammy Gravano, Rüdiger Safranski, Bruno Nuytten, Adrienne Barbeau, and Prawit Wongsuwon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David D. Friedman ranks 4,111 out of 20,380. Before him are Chita Rivera (1933), Sarah Clarke (1972), Warren Oates (1928), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Allan Sandage (1926), and Chico Marx (1887). After him are Adam Levine (1979), Bill Irwin (1950), Dee Dee Warwick (1942), Rob Cohen (1949), Harry Hillman (1881), and Paul Rand (1914).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, David D. Friedman ranks 76. Before him are Henry Hazlitt (1894), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Peter Senge (1947), Mancur Olson (1932), William Baumol (1922), and Chester Barnard (1886). After him are Paul Milgrom (1948), Thomas Sowell (1930), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), and Robert Barro (1944).

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