In 1964, the Austrian economist and founding MPS member, Fritz Machlup, delivered a defense of academic freedom, and in particular its tenure protection (on Machlup see Slobodian's contribution to this volume). At that time, Machlup was serving as president of the American Association of University Professors. In his talk, he focused specifically on how tenure helped "to secure the great benefit of academic freedom and of the fruit it bears."

Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, loc. 124