Few 20th‐century
figures have had as much impact, and been so criticized, as Friedrich Hayek—Nobel Prize‐winning
economist, social theorist, leader of the Austrian School of Economics, and champion of classical liberalism.
In Hayek: A Life, historians of economics Bruce Caldwell and Hansjoerg Klausinger
draw on never‐before‐seen
archival and family material to produce an authoritative account of Hayek’s first five decades. This includes portrayals of his early career in Vienna; his relationships in London and Cambridge; his family disputes; and definitive accounts of the creation
of The Road to Serfdom and of the founding meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society.
Lunch will be served at 11:30 AM
Featuring
Bruce Caldwell
Director, Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University; General Editor, Collected Works of F. A. Hayek
Deirdre N. McCloskey
Distinguished Scholar, Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought,
Cato Institute
David Boaz
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
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Few twentieth‐century
figures have been lionized and vilified in such equal measure as Friedrich Hayek—economist, social theorist, leader of the Austrian school of economics, and champion of classical liberalism. Hayek’s erudite arguments in support of individualism and the market
economy have attracted a devout following, including many at the levers of power in business and government. Critics, meanwhile, cast Hayek as the intellectual forefather of “neoliberalism” and of all the evils they associate with that pernicious doctrine.