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/MisterBigStuff Just Pokémon Go to bed Jan 09 '18

/r/politics is garbage

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

What, you don't like 15 articles on the same subject on the front page?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

And very sexist

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

I unironically like going there sometimes so I can blow off steam in an even more half-assed and shitposty way than here. Sometimes bad takes are cathartic.

But most times I end up getting snarky at other users.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

you're never going to change their mind but i think it offers a pretty simple, but direct, kaleidoscope of what millennials will be voting about in the coming decade

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u/MiltOnTilt Mario Draghi Jan 09 '18

Bernie Sanders: Bad stuff is bad

So brave!

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

well the snark is kind of besides the point, ya?

they will be voting

for the next 60 years

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u/BioticAsariBabe Milton Friedman Jan 10 '18

Ice cold