Aaron Director
Aaron Director · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Economist and co-founder of the law and economics movement at the University of Chicago
1901, Staryi Chartoryisk, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 2004, Los Altos Hills, California, United States
United States
Aaron Director is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Economist and co-founder of the law and economics movement at the University of Chicago
Aaron Director was an economist at the University of Chicago Law School who co-founded, with figures such as his student Robert Bork and colleague Ronald Coase, the 'law and economics' movement that applies economic analysis to legal rules. He founded the Journal of Law and Economics. Born in the Russian Empire to a Jewish family, he emigrated to the United States as a child.
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Economist and co-founder of the law and economics movement at the University of Chicago
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
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