Friedrich A. von Hayek Society

The Friedrich-A.-von-Hayek-Gesellschaft e. V. was founded in 1998 by a group of economists, lawyers, entrepreneurs and publicists in Freiburg and is based in Berlin . It is closely related to the in 2002 founded Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation for a free society (not to be confused with the established in 1999, Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation ).

activity

According to its statutes, the society aims to “promote economic, legal and social research and knowledge in the spirit of Friedrich A. von Hayek and its dissemination”. It organizes annual Hayek Days with the award of the Hayek Medal and a nationwide university essay competition for the ideas of Hayeks. It promotes discussion groups, so-called “Hayek Clubs”, which are intended to promote networking and regular exchange in German-speaking countries, and organize junior groups and the Academy of Freedom . It has 316 members (as of July 24, 2017). Her work is funded by the Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation for a Free Society , among others . See also: Mont Pèlerin Society .

Division and controversy

In the first half of 2015, a dispute within the company between the initiator of the company, Gerd Habermann and its chairman, Karen Horn , escalated at the Hayek Days in June 2015. Horn had called in various articles to distinguish between right and right-wing national ideas. She worries that prejudice and defamation not only prevail against Keynesians and socialists as usual , but also against "democracy, feminism, plurality, homosexuality and atheism" as enemy images.

In an open letter, 26 members called on Horn to resign: They could only understand the article "as an attempt to impose a one-sided and narrowed understanding of liberalism on society and to exclude large sections of the membership as 'reactionary'". Society needs someone at the top who exemplifies the spirit of freedom.

At the general meeting in June 2015, chairwoman Karen Horn proposed extensive amendments to the statutes, which the majority of members did not approve.

In July 2015, around 60 association members resigned and published a statement, including chairwoman Karen Horn , deputy chairman Michael Wohlgemuth , three members of the foundation board and Lars Feld , IW boss Michael Hüther , FDP boss Christian Lindner and Hans-Olaf Henkel .

In spring 2017, the economist Peer Ederer was dismissed as a member of the Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation for a Free Society in charge of finance . He had passed on internal information to Der Spiegel and through the resulting publication violated the data protection and personal rights of individual members, in particular by stating the amount of the remuneration that Gerd Habermann received for his work. Günter Ederer and his son Peer left the Hayek Society in June 2017 because they saw the legacy of Friedrich August von Hayek "drawn into a nationalistic-ethnic swamp".

Party memberships

On February 9, 2016, the chairman of the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society, based on a "large majority within the Board of Directors", asked Beatrix von Storch in a letter to voluntarily leave the Hayek Society. The publicly perceptible behavior does not correspond to the purpose of the Hayek Society and the ideas of Hayek. Von Storch did not comply with this request. In addition to her, the AfD members of the Bundestag Alice Weidel and Peter Boehringer are members of the society.

organs

• Board members in mid-2016 were Wolf Schäfer as chairman, Gerd Habermann , Carlos Gebauer , Frederik C. Roeder, Christoph Zeitler, Karl Reichmuth and Martin C. Scholz.
• The board of directors of the Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation for a Free Society consisted of Gerd Habermann as chairman, Martin C. Scholz, Peer Ederer and Thomas Selter.
• The members of the foundation council were Klaus-Werner Schatz as chairman, peer Robin Paulus, Wolf Schäfer, Frank Schäffler , Norbert F. Tofall and Erich Weede .
• The members of the board of trustees were Thomas Bentz, Charles B. Blankart , Günter Ederer , Volker J. Geers, Jörg Guido Hülsmann , Barbara Kolm , Stefan Kooths , Vera Lengsfeld , Marina Masoni, Thomas Mayer , Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker , Robert Nef , Marie- Christine Ostermann , Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig , Gunther Schnabl , Alfred Schüller , Joachim Starbatty , Tito Tettamanti and Christian Watrin .

Hayek medal

The Hayek Medal received:

1999 Erich Hoppmann 2000 Wernhard Möschel 2001 Heinz Greiffenberger and Manfred Streit 2002 Roger Douglas 2003 Gary Becker 2004 Otto Graf Lambsdorff 2005 Ivan Mikloš and Christian Watrin

2006 Günter Ederer and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 2007 Hans-Olaf Henkel and Antonio Martino 2008 Robert Nef and Vernon Smith 2009 Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker 2010 Hernando de Soto and Viktor Vanberg 2011 Alfred Schüller and Razeen Sally

2012 Erich Weede and Richard Sulík 2013 Christian Kirchner and Jesús Huerta de Soto 2014 Geoffrey Brennan and Rainer Hank 2015 Israel M. Kirzner , Roland Tichy and Roland Baader (posthumously) 2016 Mario Vargas Llosa and Charles B. Blankart 2017 Michail Chodorkowski and Peter Bernholz 2018 Joachim Starbatty

Current and former members

In 2015 the society consisted of 300 economists and political scientists, lawyers, entrepreneurs and authors, including:

Ulrike Ackermann (* 1957), political scientist and journalist Thomas Bentz Pierre Bessard (* 1975), publicist and economist Peter Boehringer (* 1969), author and politician Gideon Böss (* 1983), writer and columnist Henryk M. Broder (* 1946), publicist and book author Charles B. Blankart (* 1942), economist Günter Ederer (* 1941), business journalist, filmmaker and publicist, until 2017 Peer Ederer until 2017 Lars Feld (* 1966), Professor of Economic Policy, until July 2015 Carlos Gebauer (* 1964), lawyer, publicist and writer Volker J. Geers Heike Göbel (* 1959), business journalist Gerd Habermann (* 1945), economic philosopher, university professor and freelance journalist Rainer Hank (* 1953), business journalist Hans-Adam II. (* 1945), Prince and Head of State of Liechtenstein David Harnasch (* 1977), journalist Hans-Olaf Henkel (* 1940), politician and publicist, until July 2015 Karen Horn (* 1966), business journalist, publicist and university lecturer, until July 2015 Jörg Guido Hülsmann (* 1966), German economist Konrad Hummler (* 1953), entrepreneur, publicist and former private banker Michael Hüther (* 1962), economic researcher, until July 2015 Otmar Issing (* 1936), economist

Susanne Kablitz (1970–2017), politician Markus Kerber (* 1963), economist Stefan Kolev (* 1981), economist, until July 2015 Barbara Kolm (* 1964), economist Stefan Kooths (* 1969), economist Roger Köppel (* 1965), journalist, media entrepreneur, publicist and politician Holger Krahmer (* 1970), politician Vera Lengsfeld (* 1952), publicist and politician André F. Lichtschlag (* 1968), publicist and publisher Christian Lindner (* 1979), German politician, until July 2015 Saskia Ludwig (* 1968), politician Marina Masoni Thomas Mayer (Economist) (* 1954), Economist Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker (* 1926), legal scholar Robert Nef (* 1942), publicist and author Georg-Berndt Oschatz (* 1937), administrative officer and politician Marie-Christine Ostermann (* 1978), entrepreneur and politician Gerhard Papke (* 1961), politician Ramin Peymani (* 1968), book author and publicist Ingo Pies (* 1964), economist and business ethicist Thorsten Polleit (* 1967), economist Michael von Prollius (* 1969), economic historian, management consultant and publicist Karl Reichmuth Frederik C. Roeder

Martin Rhonheimer (* 1950), philosopher and university professor Wolf Schäfer (1941–2020), economist René Scheu (* 1974), publicist, philosopher and translator Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (* 1941), emeritus for public law Gunther Schnabl (* 1966), economist Jan Schnellenbach (* 1973), economist and university professor, until July 2015 Martin C. Scholz Alfred Schüller (* 1937), economist Thomas Seiter Joachim Starbatty (* 1940), economist and politician Holger Steltzner (* 1962), journalist Cora Stephan (* 1951), publicist and writer Beatrix von Storch (* 1971), politician Manfred E. Streit (1939–2017), economist Linda Teuteberg (* 1981), lawyer and politician Tito Tettamanti (* 1930), lawyer, politician, entrepreneur and capitalist Roland Vaubel (* 1948), economist Christian Watrin (* 1930), economist Gerhard Wegner (economist) (* 1956), economist and university lecturer, until July 2015 Alice Weidel (* 1979), management consultant and politician Michael Wohlgemuth (economist) (* 1965), economist and publicist, until July 2015 Christoph Zeitler

Web links

• Website of the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society
• Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation for a Free Society . In: Lobbypedia .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General information on the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society e. V. . Friedrich A. von Hayek Society. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
2. ^ Hayek Clubs Friedrich A. von Hayek Society
3. ^ Homepage of the Academy of Freedom
4. ^ ^{A b} Philip Plickert : Liberal Association: Resignations shake the Hayek Society. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 14, 2015, accessed July 16, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Heike Göbel: Warring Spirits of Freedom , FAZ, June 26, 2015
6. ^ Declaration from Leipzig: Leaving the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society. July 2015, accessed July 16, 2017 (with comments from Karen Horn ). 
7. ^ Peter A. Fischer: Exodus from the Hayek Society: dispute among liberals escalates. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 14, 2015, accessed July 16, 2017 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Katja Riedel & Sebastian Pittelkow: The Hayek Society - “Hotbed of the AfD”? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . July 14, 2017
9. ^ A message from the board of directors of the Hayek Society in relation to Ms. Beatrix von Storch's membership in the Hayek Society . 29th November 2016
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Board members . Friedrich A. von Hayek Society. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
11. ^ Philip Plickert: Violent dispute in the Hayek society . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 27, 2015. Accessed April 9, 2016. (PDF; 277 kB).