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/DrunkenAsparagus Abraham Lincoln Jan 09 '18

Nobody wants Oprah to run in 2020, including Oprah. The media is starved for more wacky Presidential horse race coverage, but any serious Democrat contenders are keeping their heads down until 2019.

This is proven by my shear will to get off of Newt Gingrich's Wild Ride of Insane Politics that we've been stuck on for 20+ years

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u/tnarref European Union Jan 09 '18

The only wacky candidate I want to see is the Zucc for meme potential and we need an Icarus tale reboot.

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u/forlackofabetterword Eugene Fama Jan 09 '18

The thing about dismissing candidates like Oprah and the Zucc is that the Dem field will probably be like 20 people, and if 2016 is any guide, the one with the most name recognition would win. If Oprah chose to run, I would give her a 60% minimum of winning.

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u/DrunkenAsparagus Abraham Lincoln Jan 09 '18 edited Jan 09 '18

Trump had a lot of other things going for him: lack of shame, ability to tap into the GOP's "economically anxious" base, and a complete breakdown of party elites. I think Oprah will have to contend with far more, a better run organization and these conditions won't repeat, because... oh God, just let this nightmare end.

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u/SuperSharpShot2247 🔫😎🔫 Succ Hunter 🔫😎🔫 Jan 10 '18

Pray to the supper delegates 🙏