Mises Institute Awards

Mises Institute Awards

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The Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize: For lifetime defense of liberty, given every year, awards $10,000 to a public intellectual or distinguished scholar

• 2011: Walter Block
• 2010: Jim Rogers
• 2009: Jesus Huerta de Soto
• 2008: Pascal Salin
• 2007: Robert Higgs
• 2006: Hans-Hermann Hoppe
• 2005: William H. Peterson
• 2004: Hans F. Sennholz
• 2003: Ron Paul
• 2002: Bettina Bien Greaves
• 2001: Antony GN Flew
• 2000: Ralph Raico
• 1999: Otto von Habsburg

Murray N. Rothbard Medal of Freedom: In recognition of significant and wide-ranging libertarian leadership, as a scholar or public intellectual, established through the generosity of George W. Connell.

• 2008: Ron Paul
• 2006: David Gordon
• 2005: Walter Block
• 2004: Gary North
• 2003: Burton Blumert

The Lawrence W. Fertig Prize in Austrian Economics: $1,000 to the author of a paper that best advances economic science in the Austrian tradition

• 2012: Malavika Nair  Money or Money Substitutes? Implications of Selgin's Small Change Challenge
• 2011: Xavier Méra, "Factor Prices Under Monopoly"
• 2010:  Matthew McCaffrey, "Entrepreneurship, Economic Evolution, and the End of Capitalism: Reconsidering Schumpeter's Thesis"
• 2009: Mateusz Machaj, "Market Socialism and the Property Problem: Different Perspectives of the Socialist Calculation Debate"
• 2007: Renaud Fillieule, "The 'Value-Riches' Model: An Alternative to Garrison's Model in the Austrian Macroeconomics of Growth and Cycle"
• 2005: Samuel Bostaph, "Wieser on Economic Calculation under Socialism"
• 2003: Nikolay Gertchev, "The Case Against Currency Boards"
• 2001: Joseph Salerno, "The Place of Human Action in the Development of Modern Economic Thought"

The O.P. Alford III Prize in Libertarian Scholarship: $1,000 to the author of the paper best advances libertarian scholarship.

• 2012:  Thorsten Polleit and Jonathan Mariano Credit Default Swaps from the Viewpoint of Libertarian Property Rights and Contract Theory
• 2011: Philipp Bagus: “Austrian Business Cycle Theory: Are 100 Percent Reserves Sufficient to Prevent a Business Cycle?”
• 2010: Gil Guillory and Patrick C. Tinsley, "The Role of Subscription-Based Patrol and Restitution in the Future of Liberty"
• 2008: Robert F. Mulligan, "Time Preference and Property Rights"
• 2006: J.G. Hülsmann, "Fact and Counterfactuals in Economic Law"
• 2004: Thomas E. Woods, "Symposium on Federalism, War, and Reconstruction"
• 2002: Stephan Kinsella, "Against Intellectual Property"

The Douglas E. French Prize: $3,000 for the student who emerges from the Mises University oral examinations with the best record, as chosen by the examining committee.

• 2011   Jakub Wisniewski of Queen Mary, University of London
• 2010   G.P. Manish of Suffolk University
• 2009   Ed Perry of Indiana University
• 2008   David Howden of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
• 2007   Benjamin Darrington of Yale University
• 2006   Mateusz Machaj of the University of Wroclaw, Poland

George and Joele Eddy Prize: $1,000 for the second-highest score on the Mises University examinations, and $500 for the third-highest score.

• 2011:  Samuel Selikoff  (2nd Place) of Boston College, and Robyn Harte-Bunting (3rd Place) of University Rey Juan Carlos and University of Angers
• 2010: Jakub Wisniewski (2nd Place) of Queen Mary, University of London,
  Matthew McCaffrey (3rd Place) of University of Angers
• 2009: G.P. Manish (2nd Place) of Suffolk University, Christopher Oppermann (3rd Place) of Holy Spirit Preparatory School
• 2008: Gary Danelishen (2nd Place) of Auburn University, Gennady Stolyarov (3rd Place) of Hillsdale College
• 2007: Helene Haabegaard of the University of Copenhagen (2nd Place), Jack Parker of the University of Alabama (3rd Place)

Ludwig von Mises Entrepreneurship Award: Certificate and beautiful inscribed medallion awarded to businesspeople exhibiting entrepreneurial success and devotion to the free-market ideal.

• 2010:  James M. Wolfe, Pasco Washington
• 2006: Robert L. Luddy, Econ-Air, Inc.

The Elgin Groseclose Award: $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle, goes to the best piece of money writing in the previous year.

The George F. Koether Free-Market Writing Award, a medal and $2,500 honorarium, presented for an outstanding book or essay.

• 2009: Thomas Woods: Meltdown
• 2008: Judge Andrew Napolitano:  A Nation of Sheep

 

Mündliche Prüfung Conference Examinations (P=Passed; H=Passed with Honors)

Mises University 2011 overall results

• 125 candidates took the written exam, 33 were admitted to oral exam
• Passed Oral Exam with Honors: Danny Hintze, Thomas Vergote, Ed Dehm, Jose Mora, Raymond Walter, David Grzybowski, Abhinandan Mallick, Matthew McCaffrey 
• Passed Oral Exam: Bardhyl Salihu, David Bholat, Walter Melnik, Daniel Rodrigues Carreiro, Anita Acavalos, Ted Sonnier, Patch Newman, Daniel Krawisz, Cameron Belt, Michael Wiebe, Brent Myren, Hendrik Hagedorn
  
  Mises University 2010 overall results

   

  • 122 candidates, 28 admitted to oral exam after written test
  • Honors: Zachary Caceres, Lode Cossaer, Robyn Harte-Bunting, Stan Kwiatkowski, G.P. Manish, Matthew McCaffrey, Xavier Mera, Chris Oppermann, Leonid Shapiro, Jacub Wisniewski, Ken Zahringer
  • Passed: Dante Bayona, Mateusz Benedyk, Maciej Bitner, Aaron Brown, Oscar Rodriguez Carreiro, Daniel Danta, Paul Labro, Dion MacDonald, Michael Marsocci, Sam Selikoff,  Raymond Walter
  • Douglas French Prize for Most Learned ($3,000): G.P. Manish
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Second Place ($1000): Jakub Wisniewski
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Third Place ($500): Matthew McCaffrey

  Mises University 2009 overall results

  • 129 candidates; 22 admitted to the oral exam after written test
  • Honors: Grant Babcock, Lode Cossaer, G.P. Manish, Matt McCaffrey, Xavier Mera, Malavika Nair, Christopher Oppermann, Ed Perry, Toban Wiebe
  • Passed: Michael Douma, Philip Impellizzeri, Guillem Laporta, David Leighton, Abhinandan Mallick, Ted Phalan, Raymond Walter, Michael Wiebe, Guillaume Vuillermey
  • Douglas French Prize for Most Learned ($3,000): Ed Perry
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Second Place ($1000): G.P. Manish
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Third Place ($500): Christopher Oppermann

  Mises University 2008 overall results

  • 82 candidates; 29 admitted to the oral exam after written test
  • Honors: Serenity Wang, Stanislaw Kwiatkowski, Gary Danelishen, Jeff Henderson, David Howden, Gennady Stolyarov, Matt McCaffrey, Marcin Zielinski
  • Passed:David Snead, Marco Brun del Re, Jorg Merret, Jordan Carley, Norman Horn, Daniel Luna, Max Raskin, Anne Longman, Toban Wiebe, Ed Perry, Christopher Oppermann, Kelsey Winther, Sebastian Quick, Matt Mortellaro, Brandon Harnish, Graham Neary
  • Douglas French Prize for Most Learned ($2,500): David Howden
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Second Place ($1000): Gary Danelishen
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Third Place ($500): Gennady Stolyarov

   

  Mises University 2007 overall results

  • 51 candidates; 20 admitted to the oral exam after written test
  • Honors: Daniel D'Amico, Benjamin Darrington, Helene Haabegaard, Jack Parker
  • Passed: Eduard Braun, Marco Brun del Re, Dmitry Chernikov, Nick Curott, Benjamin Eberlei, Martin Fronek, Karl Gregory, Daniel Halvarsson, Juliusz Jablecki, Robert Orndofff, Robert Rahn, Max Raskin, Nathan Shore, Alex Weller
  • Douglas French Prize for Most Learned ($2,500): Benjamin Darrington
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Second Place ($1000): Helene Haabegaard
  • George and Joele Eddy Prize, Third Place ($500): Jack Parker

   

  Mises University 2006 overall results

  • 53 candidates; 23 admitted to the oral exam after written test
  • Honors: Aaron Singleton, Philipp Bagus, Philip Ruijs, Carl Jacobsson, Jack Parker, David Heinrich, Mateusz Machaj
  • Passed: Daniel Carreiro, Tomasz Maslanka, Anthony Gregory, Elliot Olson, Matt Simpson, Manny Glover, Manuel Abalo, Amadeus Gabriel, Eric Phillips, Marcin Zielinski
  • Douglas French Prize for most learned ($2,500): Mateusz Machaj

   

  Mises University 2005, overall results (out of 34) H-4, P-15

  • Honors: Pavel Chalupnicek, Devin Gould, Juliusz Jablecki, Randall McElroy
  • Passed: Jan Krepelka, Geoffrey Plauche, Mike Dougherty, Allan Medwick, Marissa Slany, William Mullen, Ron Brown, Lukasz Szostak, Daniel Halvarsson, Christopher Byrnes, Art Moy, Francis Dumouchel, Rafael Raciborski, David Heinrich, David van der Goes

   

  Mises University 2004, Session Two overall results (out of 28): H-5, P-10

  • Honors: Lisa Casanova, Matt Machaj, Jacob Lyles, Peter van Maanen, Barret Snipes
  • Passed: Remigijus Simasius, Daniel D'Amico, Anthony Batty, David Skarbek, Bretigne Shaffer, Cameron Carswell, Miloslav Zajicek, Matt Bower, Jeffrey Zhang, Pawel Skrzynecki

   

  Mises University 2004, Session One overall results (out of 16): H-1, P-6

  • Honors: Adam Martin
  • Passed: David Heinrich, Rafal Raciborski, Simon Bilo, Ale Hartmann, Aaron Gunn, Harry David

  Mises University 2003 overall results (out of 23): H-2, P-7

  • Honors: Juan Fernando Carpio, Lucas Engelhardt
  • Passed: Juan Fernando Aldana, Peter Anderson, Josh Bachmann, Nicholas Curott, James William Kimball, Andrew Neumann, Braden Robinson

  Rothbard Graduate Seminar 2003 overall results (out of 6): H-2, P-2

  • Honors: Jan Havel, Peter van Maanen
  • Passed: Brad Barlow, Stephen Carson

  Mises University 2002 overall results (out of 34): H-5, P-15

  • Honors: Michael Boyle, Philipp Bagus, Andrew Kashdan, Dag Rowe, Noah Tyler
  • Passed: Bibiana Gomez, Art Carden, Jack Estill, Scott Rosen, Jim Massey, Ben Kelly, Justin Newton, Carl-Magnus Ewerhard, Scott Bushee, Jeremy Livingston, Radek Nemecek, Brad Barlow, Marcus Epstein, Arthur Foulkes, Matus Petrik

  Rothbard Graduate Seminar 2002 overall results (out of 9): H-3, P-3

  • Honors: Philipp Bagus, Oskaari Juurikkala, Matus Petrik
  • Passed: Art Carden, Gustavo Souza, Tibor Silber

   

  Human Action Seminar 2002 overall results (out of 6): H-1, P-3

  • Honors: Gustavo Matta y Trejo
  • Passed: Jan Havel, Oskaari Juurikkala, Luis Lopez

   

  History of Liberty 2002 overall results (out of 6): P-2, H-2

  • Honors: Brad Barlow, Jason Jewell
  • Passed: Ed Zeman, Howard Schmidt

   

  Austrian Scholars Conference Named Lectures

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  . Year  Hazlitt Hayek Mises Rothbard Lou Church Special Guest Lecture   2011 David Stockman William Butos Helio Beltrao Philipp Bagus Mustafa Akyol   . 2010 Caroline Baum Robert Murphy Steven Kates Mark Thornton Gerard Casey Paul Cantor and John Papola . 2009 Peter Schiff George Selgin Thorsten Polleit Roberta Modugno Daniel Lapin   . 2008 Martin Fridson Lorenzo Infantino Larry Sechrest Stephan Kinsella Laurence Vance   . 2007 Declan McCullagh Gerald Steele Antony Mueller Edward Stringham William Luckey   . 2006 William L. Anderson Robert Higgs Josef Sima Roderick Long Robert Murphy Michael Rozeff . 2005 Alberto Mingardi Edward Feser Thomas DiLorenzo Mark Thornton Robert Nelson Martin van Creveld . 2004 Sean Corrigan Toby Baxendale Richard Ebeling Joseph Stromberg Thomas Woods Yuri Maltsev . 2003 Gene Callahan Sudha Shenoy John Cochran Butler Shaffer Timothy Terrell   . 2002 James Bovard Ronald Hamowy Paul Cantor Walter Block n/a   . 2001 Tom Bethell Chandran Kukathas George Reisman David Gordon n/a   . 2000 Gene Epstein Donald Livingston David Conway Joseph Salerno n/a   . 1999 Charles Adams Roger Backhaus Morgan Reynolds Hans-Hermann Hoppe n/a   . 1998 James Glassman Jeremy Shearmur Leland Yeager Henri LePage n/a   . 1997 lectures not named         Jesus Huerta de Soto, Barry Smith, Irving Louis Horowitz, Raimondo Cubeddu . 1996 lectures not named         Anthony de Jasay, Michael Prowse, Hans Sennholz, JoAnn Rothbard . 1992 lectures not named         Murray Rothbard, Lew Rockwell, Bruce Benson, Elisabeth Krecke, Don Bellante, Randall Holcombe, Paul Cantor, David Gordon, Bettina Greaves, George Selgin, Joe Salerno