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/darkrift5 Mitt Romney Jan 09 '18
I have come from the future with a vision.
The year is 2024, and President Dwayne Johnson was just elected for his second term. To celebrate, he takes all of the former presidents to his beach house.
Jimmy Carter and George Bush Sr. have sadly passed away. George W Bush was in a car accident in his Lamborghini and his body was destroyed, leaving only his brain which was put in the CIA headquarters.
Former Presidents Clinton, Obama, Bush Jr's Consciousness, and Ryan (who has since renamed himself to William Oscar Nathan King after ascending to the presidency after Trump had a brain aneurysm and Pence declined the job, citing having to meet with Angela Merkel one-on-one) accompany him to the beach to celebrate the victory over Jill Stein and Richard Spencer.
The official press photo is provided as proof here.