Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Aaron Director
I'm sorry that I had never heard of him. Adam Bernstein of the Washington Post reports today that on September 11th Mr. Director died at the age of 102. The entire obituary is worth reading but here are some exerts regarding the life of a leading libertarian who was the brother-in-law of Milton Friedman:
"Although his writing output was slim, it was significant. He wrote a review of Friedrich A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom," which had a British publisher but had been turned down for publication in America. Mr. Director urged the University of Chicago to publish what would become a landmark paean to free markets by a future Nobel laureate. The book sold more than 200,000 copies and precipitated Mr. Director's own long-held wish to join the faculty at his alma mater."
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"In analyzing antitrust law -- his specialty -- Mr. Director took a grim view of government control and blessed market forces. He wrote that New Deal policies harmed consumers more than helped them and spent his career trying to explain perceived monopolies from a corporation's perspective."
I guess its just a coincidence that his death was reported on the same day that Congress takes initial steps of repealing the harmful restrictions on owning a gun in the District of Columbia and we say goodbye to the worthless ban on assault weapons.
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"Although his writing output was slim, it was significant. He wrote a review of Friedrich A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom," which had a British publisher but had been turned down for publication in America. Mr. Director urged the University of Chicago to publish what would become a landmark paean to free markets by a future Nobel laureate. The book sold more than 200,000 copies and precipitated Mr. Director's own long-held wish to join the faculty at his alma mater."
And:
"In analyzing antitrust law -- his specialty -- Mr. Director took a grim view of government control and blessed market forces. He wrote that New Deal policies harmed consumers more than helped them and spent his career trying to explain perceived monopolies from a corporation's perspective."
I guess its just a coincidence that his death was reported on the same day that Congress takes initial steps of repealing the harmful restrictions on owning a gun in the District of Columbia and we say goodbye to the worthless ban on assault weapons.
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