Axel Kaiser Barents von Hohenhagen, PhD, is a Chilean-German lawyer, Master in Investments, Commerce and Arbitration, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Heidelberg (Germany). He is Director of the Friedrich Hayek Chair at the Adolfo Ibáñez University in Santiago de Chile and a Senior Fellow at the Atlas Center for Latin America based in Miami. He is also the co-founder and president of the think tank Foundation for Progress in Santiago de Chile which is one of the most influential think tanks in Latin America. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is a best selling author who has won several international prizes for his writings such as the Hayek Essay contest from the Mont Pelerin Society.