# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:25:14.392Z

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name: "David D. Friedman"
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description: "David Director Friedman is an American economist, physicist, and legal scholar. He is known for his textbook writings on microeconomics and the libertarian theory of anarcho-capitalism, which is the subject of his most popular book, The Machinery of Freedom. Described by Walter Block as a \"free-market anarchist\" theorist, Friedman has also authored several other books and articles, including Price Theory: An Intermediate Text (1986), Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters (2000), Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (1996), and Future Imperfect (2008)."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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