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The Hayek Lecture is hosted annually by the Institute of Economic Affairs
in memory of Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek
.
The first Annual Hayek Memorial Lecture was delivered by Jeffrey Sachs
of Harvard University
in June 1992. Now approaching its twentieth year, the Lecture has been delivered by speakers ranging from academics to religious leaders, from politicians to historians. Subjects have included immigration, private education in the developing world, the economic relationship between China and Europe, and the future of capitalism.
The 20th Annual Hayek Lecture, to be delivered on July 5th 2011, will be given by Robert Barro
of Harvard University. Barro is considered one of the founders of new classical macroeconomics and is the current Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard.
Institute of Economic Affairs
The Institute of Economic Affairs , founded in 1955, styles itself the UK's pre-eminent free-market think-tank. Its mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social...
in memory of Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek
Friedrich Hayek
Friedrich August Hayek CH , born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek, was an economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought...
.
The first Annual Hayek Memorial Lecture was delivered by Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey David Sachs is an American economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became known for his role as an adviser to Eastern European and developing country governments in the...
of Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in June 1992. Now approaching its twentieth year, the Lecture has been delivered by speakers ranging from academics to religious leaders, from politicians to historians. Subjects have included immigration, private education in the developing world, the economic relationship between China and Europe, and the future of capitalism.
Speakers
- 1992 – Jeffrey SachsJeffrey SachsJeffrey David Sachs is an American economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became known for his role as an adviser to Eastern European and developing country governments in the...
, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University - 1993 – Michael NovakMichael NovakMichael Novak is an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. The author of more than twenty-five books on the philosophy and theology of culture, Novak is most widely known for his book The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism...
, Director of Social and Political Studies, American Enterprise Institute - 1994 – Peter SutherlandPeter SutherlandPeter Denis Sutherland, KCMG is an Irish international businessman and former Attorney General of Ireland, associated with the Fine Gael party . He is a barrister by profession, and is also Senior Counsel at the Irish Bar...
, businessman and former Attorney General of Ireland - 1995 – The Rt Hon Francis Maude MPFrancis MaudeFrancis Anthony Aylmer Maude is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he currently serves as the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, and as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Horsham...
, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General - 1996 – Dr Donald Brash, former Governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- 1997 – Dr Vaclav KlausVáclav KlausVáclav Klaus is the second President of the Czech Republic and a former Prime Minister .An economist, he is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, the Czech Republic's largest center-right political party. Klaus is a eurosceptic, but he reluctantly endorsed the Lisbon treaty as president of...
, President, Czech Republic - 1998 – Baron Jonathan SacksJonathan SacksJonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks, Kt is the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. His Hebrew name is Yaakov Zvi...
, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth - 1999 – Professor Otmar IssingOtmar IssingOtmar Issing is a German economist, presintent of the Center for Financial Studies and former member of the board of the Deutsche Bundesbank and of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank . He is advisor for Goldman Sachs...
, former Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank - 2000 – Dr Benno SchmidtBenno C. Schmidt, Jr.Benno Charles Schmidt, Jr. is the Chairman of Avenues: The World School, a worldwide system of for profit, private K-12 schools. He is a former president of Yale University, where he served from 1986 to 1992 as the university's sixteenth president...
, Edison Schools - 2001 – Prof. Charles Calomiris, Columbia University
- 2002 – Hernando de Soto, President, of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy
- 2003 – Bill EmmottBill EmmottBill Emmott is an English journalist.Emmott was educated at Latymer Upper School in London and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he attained a First Class Degree in PPE . After graduation, he worked for The Economist newspaper in Brussels, Tokyo and London, becoming editor in March 1993. He...
, former Editor-in-Chief, The Economist - 2004 – Martin WolfMartin WolfMartin Wolf, CBE is a British journalist, widely considered to be one of the world's most influential writers on economics. He is associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times.-Early life:...
, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times - 2005 – Andrew NeilAndrew NeilAndrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.He currently works for the BBC, presenting the live political programmes The Daily Politics and This Week...
, journalist and broadcaster - 2006 – The Hon Gale NortonGale NortonGale Ann Norton served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush...
, US Interior Secretary 2001-2006 - 2007 – Professor Terence Kealey, Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham
- 2008 – Paul JohnsonPaul Johnson-Sports:*Paul Johnson , head football coach at Georgia Tech*Paul Johnson [1896-1973], Major League outfielder*Paul Johnson , English cricketer*Paul Johnson , English footballer...
, writer and historian - 2009 – James TooleyJames TooleyJames Tooley is a professor of education policy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he directs the E. G. West Centre...
, Professor of Education Policy at Newcastle University - 2010 – Professor Gary BeckerGary BeckerGary Stanley Becker is an American economist. He is a professor of economics, sociology at the University of Chicago and a professor at the Booth School of Business. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992, and received the United States' Presidential Medal of Freedom...
, economist and Nobel laureate
The 20th Annual Hayek Lecture, to be delivered on July 5th 2011, will be given by Robert Barro
Robert Barro
Robert Joseph Barro is an American classical macroeconomist and the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University. The Research Papers in Economics project ranked him as the 4th most influential economist in the world as of August 2011 based on his academic contributions...
of Harvard University. Barro is considered one of the founders of new classical macroeconomics and is the current Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard.