James Eric Davidson

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James Eric Davidson (better known simply as Jim Davidson) is a free market money expert and propertarian. While Jim's philosophy is not authoritarian, and therefore it would be correct to say that his philosophy is libertarian in context, he is not a libertarian nor a member of the Libertarian Party. Other correct descriptions would include anarcho-capitalist and voluntaryist. More details on these distinctions have been written about by Ed Stringham, Ph.D., and Bryan Caplan, Ph.D. See also Caplan's "Libertarian Purity Test."

Contents 1 The Indomitus Report 2 Space Travel Services 3 Past Work 4 External Links

[edit] The Indomitus Report

Davidson is the author of The Indomitus Report, a financial and news analysis newsletter site containing numerous free essays and analytical pieces, as well as information about his philosophy and political views. Topics covered in the free sample issues include sovereignty, free market money, gold mining, space technology, launch technology, new countries, and longevity research - clearly an eclectic and somewhat extropian topic set. Information particularly relating to his free market money business enterprise is isolated at Vertoro.com. He has also been identified with a private and free market members-only stock exchange based in New Zealand, PVCSE.

[edit] Space Travel Services

Davidson gained notoriety on 17 December 1990 when he and two colleagues announced Space Travel Services of Texas had a contract with the Soviet space agency Glavkosmos to put one American on the Mir space station for seven days. The company offered the trip in a nationwide sweepstakes. In February 1991, charges of felony gambling and promotion of a lottery were filed against Space Travel president David Mayer and Jim Davidson in Harris County, Texas. These charges were dropped in May 1991 with an agreed injunction stipulating that the company had been conducting a lawful sweepstakes. Uncertainty created by the legal problems bankrupted the company.

[edit] Past Work

Davidson is a former director of the National Space Society, 1989-1990; former NSS chapters assembly organizer; spoke at Chicon V, 1991; logistics manager and announcer for the first licensed commercial space launch in March 1989 (Space Services Incorporated of America's Starfire One); author of The Atlantis Papers, 1994; and a published essayist with The Libertarian Enterprise since 1995 and Free Market Network News since 2005. His academic credentials include National Merit Scholarship, 1981; John Jay Scholar, 1981; Kansas Scholar, 1981; valedictory speaker, Lawrence High School, 1981; BA in American History, Columbia College of Columbia University, 1985; MBA marketing and entrepreneurship, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Administration, Rice University, 1987.

[edit] External Links

• Chicon V 1991 WorldCon scroll to or search for "Your Ticket to Orbit Has Been Confiscated"