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
When running to safety . The dow jones was down nearly 200 points today. And major hassan which is his goal of the Death Penalty while George Zimmerman looks to the State Offlorida for monetary justice. We bring up both cases. We begin tonight with syria and potential u. S. Military forces in chuck kaye goal is called ready to go and jay carney makes it Crystal Clear earlier today the president has concluded that the socalled red light on hemical weapon use has been crossed by the aside regime not the rebel fighters. And leaves no doubt chemical weapons were used on a massive scale on August August 21st outside of scus. There is also very little doubt, and should be no doubt, for anyone who approaches this logically, that the Syrian Regime was softer for using chemical weapons outside of damascus. We have established with a high degree of confidence the Syrian Regime has already used weapons in this conflict. Lori after 100,000 deaths after abominate the famous statement aside moscow h
Fire consums a warehouse in West Kensington. This morning the intense heat of the blaze could be felt for miles. Right now we know at least two people are hurt, one of them with burns on 80 of their body. We have Team Coverage of the warehouse fire this morning. Lets get right to nbcs katy zachary. Tell us what is happening right now. This four alarm fire broke out around 2 00 this morning on the 2400 block of american street. This is the latest information we have from fire commissioner derek sawyer. When the fire broke out, it took crews about an hour and a half to get it under control. The fire started in a vacant building and then spread to a Paper Company building, which is adjacent to this warehouse that youre looking at right now. Now, that Paper Company building is an operating business. So, its no wonder when we pulled up we saw very heavy, thick, black smoke pouring from the building and we knew there was something very flammable inside. The fire was brought completely or fou
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 for hayek. Economic freedom was the cornerstone of a Flourishing Society hayek explained how free mark