David Fraser Nolan (November 23, 1943 - November 21, 2010)[1] was an American activist and politician.
Outraged at Nixon's violation of the free market principles he supported, Dave wrote and published an article in the July-August issue of the Individualist titled, "The Case for a Libertarian Political Party".
He was the primary and original founder of the Libertarian Party (United States), having hosted the meeting in 1971 at which the Party was founded.[2][3] Nolan later served the party in a number of roles including National Chair, newsletter editor, and By-laws, Judicial, and Platform Committee chairman.
He is also known as the inventor and popularizer as the inventor of the Nolan chart.[4] The Chart attempts to improve on the simple left versus right political taxonomy by separating the issues of economic freedom and social freedom and presenting them in the format of a plane.
As of 2012, the Chart continues to be popular, distributed as the "World's Smallest Political Quiz".
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