Quotation of the Day…

06 Sep 2026 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in David Friedman, international economics

Tweet… is from page 179 of David Friedman’s superb 1996 book, Hidden Order: A capital inflow occurs because foreign investors can get a higher real interest rate here than at home. If the reason the interest rate is high is, as sometimes asserted, that Americans have become increasingly impatient, unwilling to give up present utility…

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Radical Visions for Liberty | David Friedman, Bryan Caplan, John Devlin

13 Jul 2026 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in David Friedman, law and economics, libertarianism

What Economics Has To Do With Law | David Friedman

12 Jul 2026 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in David Friedman, law and economics

David Freidman An Economist’s Case for Liberty

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by Jim Rose in David Friedman, law and economics, libertarianism

An Economist’s Case for Liberty | David Friedman

07 Nov 2025 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, income redistribution, law and economics, libertarianism, market efficiency, Milton Friedman, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking

A Positive Account of Rights with David Friedman

09 Sep 2025 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of crime, Gordon Tullock, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, property rights, Public Choice

David Friedman Explains Why Trump’s Tariffs Will Fail | IEA Live

21 May 2025 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, David Friedman, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics

David Friedman on markets, governments and whether we need either?

19 May 2025 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economics of crime, economics of regulation, environmental economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights

David Friedman on consequences of climate change 2023

13 Feb 2025 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, David Friedman, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Ronald Coase

‘Arguments Libertarians shouldn’t make’ with David Friedman

30 May 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, defence economics, economic history, economics of crime, environmental economics, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism

What Economics Gets Wrong Today – David Friedman | Podcast EP 29

15 Jan 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, market efficiency, Marxist economics, Milton Friedman, property rights

David Friedman: What is Anarcho-Capitalism? | Robinson’s Podcast #160

12 Jan 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, development economics, economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, Rawls and Nozick

Walter Block vs David Friedman Debate – Austrian vs Chicago Economics

22 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, economics of bureaucracy, Gary Becker, George Stigler, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Milton Friedman, monetary economics, Murray Rothbard, property rights, Public Choice, Ronald Coase

David Friedman on climate change

21 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, David Friedman, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights

David D. Friedman – The Externality problem: Population, Climate, Pandemic

19 Oct 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, development economics, economic history, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, population economics, property rights, Public Choice

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