The Bastiat Prize was a

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award given annually by the

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. In 2011 and before it was given by the

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. The Bastiat Prize recognized journalists whose published works "explain, promote and defend the principles of the free society."About Mary Anastasia O'Grady
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'' The award came with US$15,000. Instituted in 2002, the Prize was inspired by the 19th-century French philosopher Frédéric Bastiat and his defense of liberty. Bastiat's use of satire and allegory enabled him to relate complex economic issues to a general audience. In keeping with his legacy, Bastiat Prize entries were judged on intellectual content, the persuasiveness of the language used, and the type of publication in which they appeared Judges included

Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. S ...

James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...

, and

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...

Prize winners

* 2002: Sauvik Chakraverti and

Amity Shlaes Amity Ruth Shlaes (; born September 10, 1960) is a Conservatism in the United States, conservative American author, writer, and columnist. She writes about politics and economics from a classical liberal, classically liberal perspective. Shlaes has ...

. * 2003: Brian Carney. * 2004:

Robert Guest Robert Guest is the Foreign Editor for ''The Economist'' and regularly appears on CNN and the BBC. Previously, he covered Africa for seven years, based in London and Johannesburg. Before joining ''The Economist'', he was Tokyo correspondent for ...

. * 2005: Mary Anastasia O'Grady. * 2006:

Tim Harford Timothy Douglas Harford (born 27 September 1973) is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford. Harford is the author of four economics books and writes his long-running ''Financial Times'' column, "The Undercover Economist", syndic ...

and

Jamie Whyte Jamie Whyte is a New Zealand classical-liberal academic and politician who was the Leader of ACT New Zealand in 2014. He unsuccessfully contested the Pakuranga electorate in the 2014 general election. At the election, Whyte held the first po ...

. * 2007: Amit Varma * 2008: Barton Hinkle. * 2009: John Hasnas, Shikha Dalmia, and Daniel Hannan * 2010:

James Delingpole James Mark Court Delingpole (born 6 August 1965) is an English writer, journalist, and columnist who has written for a number of publications, including the '' Daily Mail'', the '' Daily Express'', ''The Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', and ' ...

and

Bret Stephens Bret Louis Stephens (born November 21, 1973) is an American conservative journalist, editor, and columnist. He began working as an opinion columnist for ''The New York Times'' in April 2017 and as a senior contributor to NBC News in June 2017. ...

* 2011: Tom Easton and

Virginia Postrel Virginia Inman Postrel (born January 14, 1960) is an American political and cultural writer of broadly libertarian, or classical liberal, views. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize (2011). Early life and education Virginia Inman was born ...

* 2012: Anne Jolis * 2013: Lane Filler and Ross Clark * 2014:

Robert Graboyes Robert F. Graboyes is an economist, journalist, and musician at RFG Counterpoint, LLC, in Alexandria, Virginia. Author of ''Fortress and Frontier in American Health Care'' and publisher of ''Bastiat's Window'' on Substack, he writes on the techno ...

Robert Graboyes at Mercatus
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* 2017:

Radley Balko Radley Prescott Balko (born April 19, 1975) is an American journalist, author, blogger, and speaker who writes about criminal justice, the drug war, and civil liberties. In 2022, he began publishing his work on Substack after being let go from ...

and Hugo Restall * 2018:

Bari Weiss Bari Weiss (born March 25, 1984) is an American journalist, writer, and editor. She was an op-ed and book review editor at ''The Wall Street Journal'' (2013–2017) and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at ''The New Yor ...

References

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External links

Bastiat Prize Policy Network 2011 and prior

Bastiat Prize Reason Foundation 2012

Bastiat Prize The Bastiat Prize was a journalism award given annually by the Reason Foundation. In 2011 and before it was given by the International Policy Network. The Bastiat Prize recognized journalists whose published works "explain, promote and defend the ...

2002 establishments in the United States