Volker Fund controlled Hayek’s 1946 American lecture tour logistics and finances

Evidence

Thus the Volker Fund financially supported and stage-managed Hayek’s 1946 American tour; it reimbursed Hayek for all of his traveling expenses while in the United States and arranged for Hayek’s sojourns or meetings at various universities. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 740

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Chicago School was founded by Simons and Hayek with Volker Fund money — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 155; The Road to Serfdom’s American tour directly launched the Hayek-Luhnow funding relationship — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 715; Hayek accepted that funders would shape the institution. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 253 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Hayek accepted that funders would shape the institution. #corroborates (0.75) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 253
• Volker Fund money paid visiting professors for Chicago’s Antitrust Project. #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 837