Aaron Director

Aaron Director
Born(1901-09-21)September 21, 1901
DiedSeptember 11, 2004(2004-09-11) (aged 102)
EducationYale University (BA)
Academic career
FieldLaw and Economics
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
School or
tradition
Chicago school of economics
InfluencesFrank Knight

Aaron Director (/dɪˈrɛktər/; September 21, 1901 – September 11, 2004) was a Russian-born American economist and academic who played a central role in the development of law and economics and the Chicago school of economics.[1][2] Director was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, and, together with his brother-in-law, Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, influenced a number of jurists, including Robert Bork, Richard Posner, Antonin Scalia, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference uc news was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Peltzman, Sam (2005). "Aaron Director's Influence on Antitrust Policy". The Journal of Law & Economics. 48 (2): 313–330. doi:10.1086/497527. ISSN 0022-2186. JSTOR 497527. S2CID 154492152.