[Seth-Trips] [mailadmin@independent.org: YOU ARE INVITED: "Will Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete?" -- Next Independent Policy Forum (4/24/01)]

Thu Apr 12 13:32:55 PDT 2001

One upon a time, I invited Professor Friedman to Berkeley to speak on
pretty much this same topic.

I think I'll go to this, even though I may have heard most of what's
in this talk.  I'd like to get a copy of _Law's Order_.

I'm sorry that this costs $10 -- I'd like to have more of these trips
not cost money (aside from transportation or food costs).  I'll pay
the admission of anybody here who asks.

Zack pointed out that I haven't been announcing rendezvous locations
for people who want to come along on a particular trip.  So I'm going
to start doing that, although I haven't picked out a location and time
for this trip yet.

Professor Friedman's home page is at

http://www.best.com/~ddfr/

----- Forwarded message from "David J. Theroux" <mailadmin at independent.org> -----

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:48:08 -0800
To: schoen at loyalty.org (Mr. Seth Schoen)
From: "David J. Theroux" <mailadmin at independent.org>
Subject: YOU ARE INVITED: "Will Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete?" -- Next Independent Policy Forum (4/24/01)

Dear Mr. Schoen,

Because the revolution in information technology presents new threats 
and opportunities for liberty, I am very pleased to announce our next 
Independent Policy Forum reception and seminar: "Will Encryption 
Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete?," featuring economist 
and legal scholar David Friedman.

Professor Friedman (Santa Clara University School of Law) is highly 
respected among both economists and the legal community. Like his 
father, Nobel Prize economist Milton Friedman, David Friedman is also 
highly influential within opinion-making and policy-making circles. 
His critically acclaimed books  -- LAW'S ORDER: What Economics Has to 
Do with Law and Why It Matters; HIDDEN ORDER: The Economics of 
Everyday Life; and the classic, THE MACHINERY OF FREEDOM: Guide to a 
Radical Capitalism -- have earned him a reputation as an innovative 
thinker who can effectively communicate important ideas to a broad 
audience.

For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure to read or hear 
Prof. Friedman, you will be impressed by his wit, enthusiasm and 
erudition. For those of you who have, you will gain new insights as 
Prof. Friedman applies his precision-thinking to such issues as 
encryption, privacy, government regulation, and the prospects for 
private law.

The program will be held Tuesday evening, April 24th, from 6:30 to 
8:30 p.m., at the Independent Institute's conference center in 
Oakland, California.

For your review, I am adding below an invitation with further details 
on the program.  Because seating is limited, please make your 
reservations as soon as possible.  For further information, please 
contact me or the Institute's Events Coordinator, Ms. Nichelle 
Beardsley, at 510-632-1366 X118.

We hope to see you on April 24th.

Sincerely,

David J. Theroux
Founder and President
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 95621-1428
510-632-1366 Phone
510-568-6040 Fax
DTheroux at independent.org
http://www.independent.org

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WILL ENCRYPTION PROTECT PRIVACY AND MAKE GOVERNMENT Obsolete? -- Next 
Independent Policy Forum (4/24/01)
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/010424ipf.html

Many people have wondered how technological progress will affect 
political and civil freedoms. With the rise of encryption software 
and the FBI's Carnivore e-mail snooping program, this subject is no 
longer the exclusive domain of speculative thinkers or futurists, it 
is the subject of intense public-policy debate. Will 
privacy-enhancing technology improve faster than privacy-threatening 
technology? Should the government mandate privacy standards? Should 
it enforce contracts in cyberspace, or would private law do a better 
job? Economist and legal scholar DAVID FRIEDMAN will discuss these 
and related questions about technological change and the case for and 
against government involvement.

SPEAKER:

DAVID D. FRIEDMAN, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University; Author, 
LAW'S ORDER: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters; 
HIDDEN ORDER: The Economics of Everyday Life; THE MACHINERY OF 
FREEDOM: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

WHEN:
        Tuesday, April 24, 2001
        Reception and book signing: 6:30 p.m.
        Program: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

WHERE:
        The Independent Institute Conference Center
        100 Swan Way
        Oakland, CA 94621-1428
        For a map and directions, see
        http://www.independent.org/tii/tii_info/about.html#map

TICKETS: $30.00 per person: includes one copy of David Friedman's 
book, LAW'S ORDER, OR, admission without a book is $10 per person ($7 
for Independent Institute Associate Members)

Praise for LAW'S ORDER: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It 
Matters (Princeton University Press, 2000):

"Simply put, [LAW'S ORDER] is fabulously written, and readers will 
very much appreciate the lucid style, the humor, and the 
hold-nothing-sacred (except, perhaps, the market!) approach."
  -- STEVEN G. MEDEMA, coauthor, Economics and the Law: From Posner to 
Postmodernism

"The author is a talented and provocative writer, with a great 
imagination and the ability to make readers swallow the often 
counterintuitive conclusions of economics as common sense. The book 
is an entertaining tour through the mind of someone who has fully 
absorbed the 'economic way of thinking' as he attempts to explain and 
grapple with questions of social organization."
  -- PETER BOETTKE, George Mason University

"[LAW'S ORDER] is wide-ranging in scope, at once simple and highly 
sophisticated consistently provocative, an excellent read, and a 
notable contribution to an exciting field of interdisciplinary 
studies."
   -- RICHARD A. POSNER, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit

"Whether one speaks of the complexities of marginal deterrence, the 
resolution of disputes between farmers and railroads, or the social 
functions of copyright and patent law, Friedman's book provides the 
outsider to the field with a comprehensive but accessible account of 
his legal subject matter."
   -- RICHARD A. EPSTEIN, University of Chicago School of Law

See David Friedman's related essays:

"A World of Strong Privacy: Promises and Perils of Encryption"
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Strong_Privacy/Strong_Privacy.html

"Contracts in Cyberspace"
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/contracts_in_%20cyberspace/contracts_in_cyberspace.htm

"Anarchy and Efficient Law" 
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law.html.

For more about this event, see 
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/010424ipf.html

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