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He has written a few books and also an emeritus professor in law and a few other. Friedman applies this thinking to areas not ordinarily thought of as under economics. What economics has to do with law and why it matters david friedman princeton university. David friedman is usually much more careful in his formulations. It costs any government at least twice as much to do something as it costs anyone else.
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In his classic, the machinery of freedom 1973, 1989, david d. In this chapter i expand the discussion to cover three very different systems of legal rules. A book i had long wanted to see back in print, to benefit both new generations of students and practising lawyers and economists as yet unfamiliar with the area. Despite his later career, he never took a class for credit in either economics or law. Family law divorce law child support davis friedman. What economics has to do with law and why it matters. Friedman is professor of law at the university of santa clara school of law.