01 · Knowledge Atlas
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Theories, political philosophies, economic models, institution types and forms of self-government — each idea traced through theory, real examples, critique and results.
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- David D. FriedmanThinkerEconomist who made the consequentialist case for anarcho-capitalism in The Machinery of Freedom (1973).
- David GraeberThinkerAmerican anthropologist and anarchist activist known for Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), critiques of bureaucracy and work, and a leading role in the Occupy movement.
- Douglass NorthThinkerAmerican economic historian who defined institutions as the humanly devised 'rules of the game', explained long-run economic performance by institutional change and path dependence, and shared the 1993 Nobel memorial prize in economics.