The Importance of Economics in the Field of Law. David Friedman and Keith Knight

by | Sep 29, 2020

Economics is neither a set of questions, nor a set of answers. It is an approach to understanding behavior.

David Friedman, Law’s Order

Find Dr. Friedman’s website here: http://daviddfriedman.com/ & his blog here: https://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
0:00 – Quote from Law’s Order: What Economics Has to do with Law and Why it Matters
0:24 – How would you define law?
4:45 – What is the purpose of law?
11:06 – Big problem – Institutions v. Results
23:31 – Communicating to the non-economic mind
27:01 – Thinking through the secondary effects of stealing the wealth of Jeff Bezos
33:25 – Seinfeld Finale, and obligations on bystander’s
41:21 – IP aka Intellectual Property
51:36 – Implicit agreements and meeting of the minds
57:51 – Most important contributions of Michael Huemer

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About Keith Knight

Keith Knight is Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute, host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast and editor of The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes.

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