Award ceremony 2003 of the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung

October 12, 2003 at the concert hall at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin

The 2003 awards ceremony took place on October 12 at the concert hall at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin and honored Otmar Issing and Lady Margaret Thatcher with the International Prize of the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung and Johan Norberg with the Publishing Prize of the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung.

The event took place in a year that was dominated by debates on globalization. In this context, Hayek's ideas on freedom and open markets were particularly emphasized to underline the importance of economic and political freedom in an increasingly interconnected world.