On February 25th, the Hans-und-Traute-Matthöfer-Stiftung within the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung awarded the Hans-Matthöfer-Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik ‚Wirtschaft.Weiter.Denken.‘ 2014. Award winner is Scotsman Mark Blyth, Professor for International Political Economy, for his book ‘Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea’. The speeches held during the award ceremony by Kurt Beck, Martin Schulz, Peter Bofinger and Mark Blyth are published in the present Festschrift.