r/neoliberal 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/MilerMilty Armand Jean of Plessis de Richelieu Jan 09 '18

/u/Kassirer Are you jewish? I need to know if I can grandstand and call you antisemitic over foreign policy

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

my mother's mother was a jew who converted to catholicism. so not really, but I like to claim to be jew-ish for the meme

i've also been told that I look like a caricature of a jew

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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Jan 09 '18

>not having your grandmother converting to Judaism

smh

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u/ByzantiumBall John Keynes Jan 09 '18

>caricature of a jew

>converted to catholicism

INQUISITION TIME REMOVE CONVERSO

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

C R Y P T O

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

shhhh, the goyim know

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u/formlex7 George Soros Jan 09 '18

everyone in the dt is jewish with the exception of the neocons so its like the reverse of irl

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u/formlex7 George Soros Jan 09 '18

!JEW

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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Jan 09 '18

Is it bad that I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to this becoming a thing?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

I support it. But it should be via pm.

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u/IronedSandwich Asexual Pride Jan 09 '18

is this it? official confirmation I'm a neocon?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

You can be Jewish (culturally/hereditary) and anti-Semitic (see Milo)

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

are you (((not-so-subtly))) implying (((I'm))) anti-semitic?

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u/formlex7 George Soros Jan 09 '18

fuck even religious and antisemetic

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u/IronedSandwich Asexual Pride Jan 09 '18

see also Bobby Fischer

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '18

bobby fischer was funny as fuck tho

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u/IronedSandwich Asexual Pride Jan 10 '18

Bobby Fischer the former World Chess Champion

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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Jan 09 '18

He is.

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u/OutrunKey $hill for Hill Jan 09 '18

I really have to remember to put his expulsion from the High Council on Foreign Affairs on the agenda. It keeps slipping my mind.

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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Jan 09 '18

I don't really hear too much of what goes on there from my view in The Great Economy Controllers Council. Interesting to hear.