Good evening everyone. Thanks for joining us to note the release of when race trumps merit how the pursuit of equity excellence destroys beauty and threatens lives. Im brian anderson, the editor of city journal. And its my honor to introduce the books heather mac donald. Thank you. Thank you for heather is the manhattan Thomas W Smith fellow, a contributing editor of city journal who has written for the magazine almost since its inception, and her byline appears regularly in the wall street journal and many other leading publications. Shes also the author of the best the war on cops and the delusion just for kicks. I asked chat gtp, who the most influential journal writers are, and heathers name headed the list. So i like that. I like that i a a i yes. Over the years heather scrupulous and groundbreaking has shed light on trends in american life. Her new book brings relentless reporting to perhaps the most dangerous one yet, which is the equity craze that is threatening our scientific,
The topic of our final segment this morning has been the one liner used by comedians, scholars, politician and common folks. For 100 years. Who is buried. Congrats to this morning. And timeless questions serves as a lead to a serious and painful to remember the civil war that and we have the selfless panel of luminaries doing might not seem. Our panelists are recognized by any civil war enthusiast. But first of them why this man and their brief introduction please hold your enthusiasm. Welcome to joe. All ready to eminent civil war historian helen. He also serves as the Thomas W Smith distinguished Research Scholar and director of the initiative on politics and statesmanship and the James Madison program at princeton university. He formerly was a professor of history right here at gettysburg college. Allan is the only three time winner of the lincoln prize for Abraham Lincoln redeemer. President lincolns emancipation proclamation and gettysburg, the last invasion. His more most recent
Im reihan salam. Im president of the Manhattan Institute. And i wanted to start the evening by explaining exactly why this prize is so important to us. The hayek prize is a celebration of Friedrich Hayek, one of the most consequential thinkers of the modern era, a celebrated who was awarded the nobel prize in 1974. Hayek did more than just make intellectual breakthroughs. He inspired a generation of economic reformers who helped liberate countless millions from poverty around the world. And his message remains vitally important as we look to the future. In his 1944 book, the road to serfdom, hayek drew a connection between economic and freedom more generally, arguing that government control of economic Decision Making paved the way to further encroachments on individual rights and the use of knowledge in society. A groundbreaking article published in 1945, he carefully and methodically dismantled the logic behind economic collectivism at a time when the worlds intellectual elite was co
Good evening everyone. Thanks for joining us to note the release of when race trumps merit how the pursuit of equity excellence destroys beauty and threatens lives. Im brian anderson, the editor of city journal. And its my honor to introduce the books heather mac donald. Thank you. Thank you for heather is the manhattan Thomas W Smith fellow, a contributing editor of city journal who has written for the magazine almost since its inception, and her byline appears regularly in the wall street journal and many other leading publications. Shes also the author of the best the war on cops and the delusion just for kicks. I asked chat gtp, who the most influential journal writers are, and heathers name headed the list. So i like that. I like that i a a i yes. Over the years heather scrupulous and groundbreaking has shed light on trends in american life. Her new book brings relentless reporting to perhaps the most dangerous one yet, which is the equity craze that is threatening our scientific,
Im reihan salam. Im president of the Manhattan Institute. And i wanted to start the evening by explaining exactly why this prize is so important to us. The hayek prize is a celebration of Friedrich Hayek, one of the most consequential thinkers of the modern era, a celebrated who was awarded the nobel prize in 1974. Hayek did more than just make intellectual breakthroughs. He inspired a generation of economic reformers who helped liberate countless millions from poverty around the world. And his message remains vitally important as we look to the future. In his 1944 book, the road to serfdom, hayek drew a connection between economic and freedom more generally, arguing that government control of economic Decision Making paved the way to further encroachments on individual rights and the use of knowledge in society. A groundbreaking article published in 1945, he carefully and methodically dismantled the logic behind economic collectivism at a time when the worlds intellectual elite was co