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by luriel 5186 days ago
> 1) He was in favor of some government action, most notably monetary policy.[0]

Not really, he actually was in favor of privately issued competing currencies, but he was a realist and realized this was not politically possible, so he advocated monetary policies that did the least harm given the current system.

But always stressed he didn't believe all government actions were evil, he thought national defense and law enforcement for example were best accomplished by government.

On the other hand his son David Friedman is a well known anarcho-capitalist that considered the privatization of all government functions.