future of representative democracy. this was part of a recent forum hosted by the college of william and mary in williamsburg, virginia. it is 90 minutes. my great honor to ,elcome our distinguished guest and to our love it caps on arena it caps on arena and i am enormously proud to introduce our keynote speaker for today, william and mary s 24th chancellor, the honorable robert m gates. chancellor gates is the model for states statesmanship that we look to now and for the future. his dedicated he has dedicated his career to public u.s.ce serving a two presidents and leads with a restless and compassionate intelligence. his unwavering dedication to those who serve our nation with their lives earned him the trust and devotion of our armed services. his career of service began early at william and mary. not many know but he drove the city school bus when he was a student and was a chit assistant troop leader for local boy scouts and senator norman was one of his boy scout
he sends his regrets as he was very much. looking forward to the event, which is one of our signature gatherings of the year. we re 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 world s 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 mu
which is one of our signature gatherings of the year. we re 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 world s 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 flouri
good evening. welcome everyone to this year s hayek book prize and lecture. i m brian anderson. i m the editor of city journal published by the manhattan institute. unfortunately, ryhound salam the institute s president de zeal and couldn t be here tonight. he sends his regrets as he was very much. looking forward to the event, which is one of our signature gatherings of the year. we re 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
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 world s 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 s