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
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
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 convinced that stat
well, and take out the lifestream for this year for american history. i m vice president of the university of columbia and we are delighted to be partnering once again at columbia and monitoring this event and was cspan s american history tv, present and in the future. thank you so much for joining us and for this important discussion and, the centers new annual stream. and at the center of the partnership is truly a department of history and moderated and embarks on mission last year to have engagement and social responsibility and the history of this urgent need that we must address. i m especially delighted to introduce our panel tonight, doctor mcdaniel are featured spiegel, caleb mcdaniel, about humanities and the department of history. and the professor caleb mcdaniel specializes in u.s. history, and an american civil war era. in the latest book, a true story of slavery and restitution in america. on the weekly press and awarded the pulitzer prize for history and brav
tv, they will air this program in the future. thank you for joining us for this important discussion, which launches the center s new annual theme. slavery and its after lives. a partnership between the department of history and columbia university libraries embarked on a re-defined mission last year. to inform civic engagement and social responsibility, by examining the histories that shaped urgent needs are society must address. i am especially delighted to introduce our panel tonight. doctor caleb mcdaniel, our featured speaker. professor of humanities and chair of the department of history at vise university. specializing in 19th century u.s. history, slavery and emancipation as well as the american civil war era. his latest book, sweet taste of liberty, a true story of slavery and restitution in america, was published by oxford university press and was awarded the 2020 pulitzer prize for history and the avery of craven award for the organization of american historians. i