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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 he studied 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 740,878 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David D. Friedman is the 219th most popular economist (down from 189th in 2019), the 3,790th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,357th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Economist.

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  • 26

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  • 4.66

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  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, David D. Friedman ranks 219 out of 315Before him are Stanley Fischer, Eugen Slutsky, Thomas Sowell, Martín de Azpilcueta, Roy Harrod, and Nassau William Senior. After him are Jon Elster, Benjamin Tucker, E. F. Schumacher, Henry Hazlitt, Giovanni Arrighi, and Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, David D. Friedman ranks 223Before him are Bianca Jagger, John Leslie, Roger Spottiswoode, Anton Zeilinger, Driss Jettou, and John Banville. After him are Noel Redding, John Doman, Betty Mahmoody, Sheila, Werner Schroeter, and Linda Harrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David D. Friedman ranks 3,790 out of 18,182Before him are Charlie Haden (1937), Marcus Miller (1959), Charles Bickford (1891), Richie Havens (1941), Linda Darnell (1923), and Glenn Curtiss (1878). After him are Lunalilo (1835), Ray Dolby (1933), Andrew Fire (1959), Richard Hartshorne (1899), Frank Zamboni (1901), and William Goldman (1931).

Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, David D. Friedman ranks 74Before him are Mancur Olson (1932), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Peter Senge (1947), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), William Baumol (1922), and Thomas Sowell (1930). After him are Benjamin Tucker (1854), Henry Hazlitt (1894), George Shultz (1920), Eric Maskin (1950), Greg Mankiw (1958), and John R. Commons (1862).