He sends his regrets as he was very much. Looking forward to the event, which is one of our signature gatherings of the year. Were here tonight to honor joseph henrik for his book the weirdest. People in the world how the west became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous. Weird stands for western educated industrialized rich and democratic and henrik explains how this part of the world the west came to lead the way in embracing markets and individual liberty. The book is a stunning accomplishment. And a testament to the power of culture to build prosperity. But before we hear more about joseph henrik and his research, i wanted to talk a bit about the hayek prize and what it stands for the prize comes with a 50,000 award which makes it one of the worlds most generous book prizes. It honors a book published within the past two years that best reflects the vision of its namesake friedrich von hayek the brilliant economist who shared a nobel prize with gunner murdal in 1974
Joseph henrik for his book the weirdest. People in the world how the west became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous. Weird stands for western educated industrialized rich and democratic and henrik explains how this part of the world the west came to lead the way in embracing markets and individual liberty. The book is a stunning accomplishment. And a testament to the power of culture to build prosperity. But before we hear more about joseph henrik and his research, i wanted to talk a bit about the hayek prize and what it stands for the prize comes with a 50,000 award which makes it one of the worlds most generous book prizes. It honors a book published within the past two years that best reflects the vision of its namesake friedrich von hayek the brilliant economist who shared a nobel prize with gunner murdal in 1974 for hayek. Economic freedom was the cornerstone of a Flourishing Society hayek explained how free markets coordinated the actions of people scattered thr
Whether they might provide military aid as well. At this point the next steps are , the president certainly has difficult decisions to make about this winning the involvement of the United States or continuing on the course or pulling back. What we have seen is the u. S. Involvement has had only a modest impact and has not changed the trajectory of what is happening. And just an update on that story, the president this and also hadriefed the Prime Minister of turkey. And also, a discussion of a helicopter delivering aid in Northern Iraq that has crashed. The New York Times reports on that crash that one of their journalists, their paris bureau chief, alissa rubin, was injured in that Helicopter Crash in iraq. Here on cspan, we are live at the Cato Institute and they are holding a discussion this afternoon for a couple of cases making their way through the federal Court Challenging the subsidies in the Affordable Care act, in particular, the king cases that came up in the d. C. Circuit
Analyze our political situation and hopefully leave here with a better outlook for tomorrow. Sfwroo to have such a well of experience in this struggle is not the elders of our movement. Of our party. When i was asked to give a speech honoring our elders, i was fearful of being someone who would come up with some things of the past and give a tone of the passing archaic, unmoving, and gone. Basically i was afraid i would get up hire and give something of a eulogy. Thing is, this had is not a funeral. And the elders who are with us today in this room and with us in spirit and their local place of residency are still very much alive and fighting and wonderful resource of knowledge of things we are that things the party we need to know and be reminded of in order to be the best we can be and looking forward towards the future. Political activist jane baldwin once said children have never been very good at listening to their elders. They have never failed to imitate them. I think this holds
Of a eulogy. Thing is, this had is not a funeral. And the elders who are with us today in this room and with us in spirit and their local place of residency are still very much alive and fighting and wonderful resource of knowledge of things we are that things the party we need to know and be reminded of in order to be the best we can be and looking forward towards the future. Political activist jane baldwin once said children have never been very good at listening to their elders. They have never failed to imitate them. I think this holds true with the case of the party. Sometimes life is busy. The struggles of the day to day can get us down, and we get wrapped up in our own affairs that we can get tunnel vision. We think we can think this is the first time being done, a problem is arising or a battle is being fought. Thing is, the battle and struggle for the end of capitalist exploitations and for a society based on he equality has been a battle the communist party has been waging fo