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Robinson Erhardt
160 - David Friedman: What is Anarcho-Capitalism?
1 hour 59 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2023 at 4:00 pm.
In This Episode…
Introduction
Physics to Economics
What is Anarchism?
Is Government an Agency of Legitimized Coercion?
Could Anarchy Be More Efficient than Government?
What Are Moral Facts?
Was John Rawls a Quack?
What Are Moral Facts?
How Much Should We Trust the Government?
Can Governments Prevent Climate Change?
Could We Privatize Police?
Would Anarchy Lead to Wealth Inequality?
Will the United States Ever Become Anarchic?
Anachronism
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David Friedman is Professor Emeritus at the Santa Clara University School of Law. While he was trained as a physicist, David is best known for his work in economics, and particularly his defense of anarcho-capitalism, a political philosophy that advocates for a free-market system unhampered by government. In this episode, Robinson and David discuss some criticisms of current economic systems, the varieties of anarchism, David’s arguments for anarcho-capitalism, and one of his fascinating hobbies, anachronism.
David’s Website: http://www.daviddfriedman.com
David’s Substack: https://daviddfriedman.substack.com
The Machinery of Freedom: https://a.co/d/iKpTQYK
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Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.