Aaron Director
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. 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.
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| Born | September 21, 1901 Staryi Chortoryisk, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | September 11, 2004 (aged 102) Los Altos Hills, California, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
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| Institution | University of Chicago Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| Field | Law and Economics |
| School or tradition | Chicago school of economics |
| Influences | Frank Knight |
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