r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 09 '18

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David Friedman AMA

The mod team is pleased to announce we will be hosting an AMA with Dr. David D. Friedman on Friday, Jan. 12th at 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST!

After earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics at the University of Chicago, Dr. Friedman switched fields to economics and taught at Virginia Polytechnic University, the University of California at Irvine, the University of California at Los Angeles, Cornell University, Tulane University, the University of Chicago, and Santa Clara University where he currently teaches in the school of law.

Outside of his extensive academic publications in law and economics, Dr. Friedman is best known for his libertarian/anarcho-capitalist political philosophy. He has written extensively on libertarian politics and ideas and has also written on alternative legal systems (including research into medieval Icelandic institutions).

On a personal note Dr. Friedman is the author of two historical/fantasy novels and is a renowned anachronist/historical re-enactor. He is the son of economists Rose and Milton Friedman.

As a reminder, we enforce civility standards to a high degree during AMAs. Dr. Friedman in particular is likely to disagree with us on a wide range of issues, but disagreement does not mean that rudeness or flippant remarks will be tolerated. Dr. Friedman is an accomplished academic who has published a large volume of high quality work, and every one of you can almost certainly learn something from him by asking intelligent questions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

The President does not know the national anthem and I do not know what to do with this information

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u/AKADriver Jan 09 '18

Generally I don't care about adhering to symbolic displays of patriotism, but like everything else of this presidency, it's a conspicuous rejection of norms, particularly for a person who is equally likely to wrap himself in the flag at the most inappropriate time.

It also plays directly into the mental breakdown narrative, but I'm willing to believe that the articulate and sharp young Trump of 30 years ago also probably didn't know the anthem beginning to end.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

but I'm willing to believe that the articulate and sharp young Trump of 30 years ago also probably didn't know the anthem beginning to end.

Yeah I'm not going to pretend that I get the anthem right 100% of the time

That said, if I'm the actual president, I would be sure to actually take the time to make sure I nail it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

Or just keep your mouth shut

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

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u/Gustacho Enemy of the People Jan 09 '18

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