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Friedrich August von Hayek was a professor at the University of Chicago here from 1950 to 1962. His chair was attached to the “Committee on Social Thought”, which allowed him to leave the terrain of narrowly economic research.

Friedrich August von Hayek was a professor at the University of Chicago here from 1950 to 1962. After his London years in growing academic isolation, Hayek's chair in Chicago was attached to the “Committee on Social Thought”. He was thus able to move increasingly away from the terrain of narrowly economic research, which suited his interests well. Hayek subsequently turned to the study of the legal and institutional conditions of a free society.

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