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How do the concepts of freedom, independence, and love relate with the teachings of the Torah? Can they co-exist peaceably or does one trump the other? Or are they in fact the same? These are the questions this book seeks to address from various angles, including commentary on weekly Torah portions and an analysis of libertarianism and the Torah.

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Philip Maymin is an Assistant Professor of Finance and Risk Engineering at the NYU School of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Chicago, a Master's in Applied Math from Harvard University, and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Harvard University. He also holds a J.D. and is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in California. He is an ordained Rabbi with a Semicha from the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute. He has been a portfolio manager at Long-Term Capital Management, Ellington Management Group, and his own hedge fund he co-founded with his father, Maymin Capital Management. He has also been a policy scholar for a free market think tank, a Justice of the Peace, a Congressional candidate, and a freelance columnist. He is also an award-winning journalist and the author of four other books and one financial textbook. He was a finalist for the 2010 Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism. He has published more than twenty academic articles, some of which have been profiled by the New York Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Financial Times, Boston Globe, NPR, BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, and others. He is also the founding managing editor of Algorithmic Finance and the founding co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Sports Analytics, and is an analytics consultant with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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