2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize won by liberal political economist F A Hayek. Professor Bruce Caldwell spoke at an LSE public event to mark the occasion, taking in Hayek’s early life, his time at LSE, and the implications of his ideas for contemporary politics.
F A Hayek was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1974. He had been a leading professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 1931 until 1950, and was made an Honorary Fellow in 1972.
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In this LSE public event on Tuesday 12 November 2024, Professor Bruce Caldwell, a leading historian of economic thought and author of Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950, marked the 50th anniversary of Hayek’s Nobel Prize by offering an exploration of Hayek’s enduring influence on the study of complex phenomena and its implications for contemporary social science today. the event took place in the Auditorium, Centre Building, and was chaired by Professor Mary Morgan.
