The wheels of freedom
The machinery of freedom (original title: The Machinery of Freedom ) is a book by the American lawyer and economist David D. Friedman . It depicts how an anarcho-capitalist society might function.
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Friedman argues for the privatization of all government tasks and suggests various steps in this direction, in particular the privatization of the legal system ( polycentric law ) and national defense . He continues to discuss the issues of environmental protection , immigration policy and the legalization of drugs .
He often supports his proposals by referring to the Free State of Iceland , which he cites as an example of a functioning libertarian society.
In contrast to other contemporary anarcho-capitalists such as Murray Rothbard , Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Pascal Salin , Friedman rejects justifications based on natural law . Instead, he takes a position that tends to be called utilitarian .
The font is dedicated to Milton Friedman , Friedrich Hayek and Robert A. Heinlein .
A son of David Friedman, Patri Friedman , wants to implement an anti-state project on previously uninhabited islands with the support of numerous US billionaires, including Peter Thiel , and their Cato Institute . The Seasteading Institute serves them .
reception
Friedrich Hayek believes that polycentric law as suggested by Friedman leads permanently to the division of society into individual autonomous communities and that capitalism is thereby robbed of its economic efficiency.
See also
literature
expenditure
- David D. Friedman: The Machinery of Freedom. Guide to a Radical Capitalism . 2nd Edition. Open Court Publishing, Chicago / LaSalle (Illinois) 1989, ISBN 0-8126-9069-9 (English, original edition).
- David D. Friedman: The Mechanism of Freedom. For radical capitalism . Books on Demand, Grevenbroich 2003, ISBN 3-8330-0529-7 .
Secondary literature
- James M. Buchanan : Review of "The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism" . In: Journal of Economic Literature . tape 12 , 1974, p. 914-915 , JSTOR : 2721716 .
Web links
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The Machinery of Freedom (PDF; 529 kB) full English text
- Excerpts from The Machinery of Freedom on Friedman's homepage
- Anarchy is not chaos. ( Memento from February 21, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), FAZ . Review of the German translation.
Individual evidence
- ^ David D. Friedman : The Machinery of Freedom . 2nd Edition. Open Court Publishing, 1989, pp. 165 ff .
- ^ Andreas K. Winterberger: Plea for a society of free people . 2002, p. 14th f . ( fahayek.net ( Memento from May 30, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF] Interview with Friedrich Hayek from 1981). Plea for a society of free people ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2003 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.
