Founding crew that set up this this program. Tony lucas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter who was not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. This kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say but its a Distinct Community of people who really care about it and are devoted to it and help and support each other and it was very important to tony to be part of that community he put on with me as his sort of deputy a big conference on nonfiction writing at new York State Writers Institute in albany back in 91 or 92 called telling the truth at the time of his death. He was the president of the Authors Guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this Program Named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we started this program i got to know his widow and his hi
1997. I guess 25 years ago part of the founding crew that set up this this program. Tony lucas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter who was not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. This kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say but its a Distinct Community of people who really care about it and are devoted to it and help and support each other and it was very important to tony to be part of that community he put on with me as his sort of deputy a big conference on nonfiction writing at new York State Writers Institute in albany back in 91 or 92 called telling the truth at the time of his death. He was the president of the Authors Guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this Program Named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we started this pro
And were going to continue our discussion today by reviewing the works of Friedrich Hayek John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman whom i consider to be the three most influential economists of the 20th century and of the three, i really consider hayek to be the most influential. He addressed what i call the Knowledge Problem and this seems to me to be perhaps the most important contribution to economics since the time of adam smith. And this is what hayek had to say. About knowledge he said in economics, theres a problem of the division of knowledge. Which is quite analogous, too. And at least as important as the problem of the division of labor put forward by adam smith. But while the latter has been one of the main subjects of investigation ever since the beginning of our science. The former has been as completely neglected. Although it seems to me to be the really central problem of economics. As a social science the problem we pretend to solve is how the spontaneous interaction of
The works of Friedrich Hayek John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman whom i consider to be the three most influential economists of the 20th century and of the three, i really consider hayek to be the most influential. He addressed what i call the Knowledge Problem and this seems to me to be perhaps the most important contribution to economics since the time of adam smith. And this is what hayek had to say. About knowledge he said in economics, theres a problem of the division of knowledge. Which is quite analogous, too. And at least as important as the problem of the division of labor put forward by adam smith. But while the latter has been one of the main subjects of investigation ever since the beginning of our science. The former has been as completely neglected. Although it seems to me to be the really central problem of economics. As a social science the problem we pretend to solve is how the spontaneous interaction of a number of people each only possessing bits of knowledge. Br
Welcome everybody. Were here for the J Anthony Lucas prize pride project ceremony will be honoring excellence in Nonfiction Book writing with four awards. Im nick lemon. Im x dean now faculty member here at columbia journalism school, and im especially happy to be here because i was back in 1997. I guess 25 years ago part of the founding crew that set up this this program. Tony lucas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter who was not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. This kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say but its a Distinct Community of people who really care about it and are devoted to it and help and support each other and it was very important to tony to be part of that community he put on with me as his sort of deputy a big conference on nonfiction writing at new York State Writers Institute in albany back in 91 or 92 called telling the truth at the time of his death. He was the president of the Authors Guild he just, you k