What is The Hayek Group?
The Hayek Group is a 501c3 non-profit with the mission of promoting freedom and the prosperity freedom brings. Hayek Group monthly dinner meetings feature speakers on a wide variety of topics that inform, challenge, and develop those who attend. The Hayek Group K-12 financial literacy outreach places the Dave Ramsey Foundations in Personal Finance program in Northern Nevada schools, recognizing sound money management provides financial freedom. The Hayek Group Hobnobber Program provides college aged youth with a Hayekian education, financial literacy, and the opportunity to network with accomplished Hayek Group members. The Hayek Discussion Group provides participants the opportunity to discuss the issues of the day. In all it does, The Hayek Group seeks to arm people with the understanding of why freedom is both fair and fruitful.
Why is the organization called The Hayek Group?
The Hayek Group adopts the name of the late Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek because we embrace his central premise: Freedom is not only an end worth pursuing, but also a primary means for producing prosperity. At the end of his ROAD TO SERFDOM book, Hayek said, ``A policy of freedom for the individual is the only true progressive policy.`` The Hayek Group seeks to inform, challenge, and develop its members and guests by providing thoughtful speakers at dinner meetings, by providing opportunities to mix with people who value freedom, and by engaging in meaningful outreach that extends freedom and its benefits.

One way The Hayek Group pursues this mission is through monthly dinner meetings, which inform, challenge, and develop those who attend.
The topics of dinner meetings vary widely. They often inform those who attend about the social or economic issues facing us, though some provide insight about how to achieve personal, business, or organizational development. Everyone is invited Hayek Group dinner meetings. You do not need to be a member to attend. Because many interesting people attend from all walks of life, the dinner meetings provide a great opportunity to meet new people and socialize.
A second way The Hayek Group pursues its mission is by facilitating youth financial literacy.
It is well understand that many people are less free and less prosperous because they never learned how to manage money and credit when they were young. The Hayek Group is partnering with the Ramsey Group and with Northern Nevada schools to place the Dave Ramsey Foundations of Personal Finance curriculum into Northern Nevada schools. Since 2017, The Hayek Group has raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to augment the financial literacy of youth, serving thousands of students at more than 20 schools.
A third way The Hayek Group pursues its mission is through its Hobnobber Program.
The Hobnobber Program provides college aged young people the opportunity to develop themselves. For one year, College aged participants are subsidized to attend The Hayek Group dinner meetings, where the can benefit by networking with the many interesting attendees. Hobnobbers receive a Hayekian Education (to understand why freedom is fair and fruitful) and a financial literacy education (so they exit with a short term and long term financial plan).
A fourth way The Hayek Group pursues its mission is through The Hayek Discussion Group
The discussion group meets monthly by zoom giving those who attend opportunity to discuss some issue of interest.
A team of Hayek Group members is working with the school district to help ensure the curriculum is used to its fullest extent.
The Hayek Group has funded the Ramsey curriculum for some classrooms in 13 schools in Northern Nevada that are not in the Washoe County School District.
One big accomplishment was the negotiation and funding of a 7 year site license of the Dave Ramsey Foundations in Personal Finance curriculum for the Washoe County School District. This ensures up to 5000 seniors per year will have access to quality financial education. The curriculum is also being used it innovative ways, like in a 9th grade math class to motivate students to learn how to use percentages. The current effort is to extend the efforts in these and other Northern Nevada schools to reach more students. Site licenses are the best way to reach all students at the lowest cost. They must be negotiated and funded one school at a time.
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Origination of The Hayek Group: The genesis of The Hayek Group occurred in November, 2008.
The following are excerpts from two emails sent by Tom Motherway in mid November 2008 to a few others. These excerpts express the heart and intention of the genesis, and these still animate The Hayek Group today.
“I’ve mentioned to some of you the possibility of getting a group … together for discussion of current topics of interest to our society in economics, politics, education, finance, social mores, etc. My interest is to hear intelligent voices from varying backgrounds with the common interest in the values upon which our country was founded, liberty and democracy. All this, in an atmosphere of comradery and fun. … The common link is a desire to see the country governed properly.”
“Our nation’s future is in grave danger given the one-sidedness of the educational establishment and the fourth estate. This coupled with the educational level of the average voter does not augur well for our country, children and grandchildren. Recall the Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.”
“The majority have responded affirmatively in favor of regular periodic get-togethers to discuss topics of interest … . I therefore propose a regular mid-week early dinner group …. We could agree on different times, places and formats if the discussion concept has legs after the first couple of meetings. Our “interesting times” present a wealth of opportunity to learn, debate and discuss important issues of the day. The group itself brings a wealth of experience to the effort. … Best to all,”
Tom Motherway