David Nolan
David Fraser Nolan (born November 23, 1943 in Washington, DC , † November 21, 2010 in Boulder , Colorado ) was an American politician . He founded the Libertarian Party in 1971 . His Nolan diagram is seen in libertarian circles as a serious alternative to the political spectrum.
Life
Nolan spent his early teens in the US state of Maryland . During his school days he discovered the idea of libertarianism through reading science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein and the book Atlas Shrugged by political author Ayn Rand . He enrolled at MIT for a masters degree in architecture but finished with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1966 .
The Nolan diagram developed by him in 1970 claims to make it possible to overcome the one-dimensional left-right scheme by splitting economic versus social freedom. a. criticized for its libertarian bias.
In the 2006 congressional election , he ran for the Libertarian Party in the US state of Arizona and received two percent of the vote in his electoral district. In the 2010 Senate election , Nolan ran again, but was only able to convince around 4.7 percent of Arizona voters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ independentpoliticalreport.com
- ↑ kyfreedomdigest.com ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ tucsonsentinel.com
- ^ Brian Patrick Mitchell, Eight Ways to Run the Country: A New and Revealing Look at Left and Right. 2006, ISBN 0-275-99358-2 , pp. 7, 8.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nolan, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nolan, David Fraser |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician and founder of the Libertarian Party |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2010 |
| Place of death | Boulder , Colorado |