November 21, 2011 Reading Time: < 1 minute

From our friends over at Coordination Problem:

Leonard Liggio was honored this past Sunday by the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics (SDAE).  Leonard Liggio in his various roles at the Volker Fund, Institute for Humane Studies, Cato Institute, Liberty Fund and Atlas has been throughout his career a champion for Austrian economics and classical liberal political economy.  In the world of scholarship, we often forget the people who work behind the scene to encourage and support research and educational efforts.  The leading thinkers naturally draw our attention — they developed the great ideas and write the books and articles that change minds.  But they actually could not do what they do without the spiritual, material, and institutional support of several often unnamed and unheralded individuals.

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UPDATE: The audio of Dr. Liggio’s acceptance speech.