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 Claude-Frédéric Bastiat (; ; 30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French economist, writer and a prominent member of the French liberal school. A member of the French National Assembly, Bastiat developed the economic concept of opportun ...

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 a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of th ...

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, 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 ...

Prize winners

* 2002: Sauvik Chakraverti and

Amity Shlaes Amity Ruth Shlaes ( ; born September 10, 1960) is an American conservative author, writer, and columnist. Shlaes has written five books, including three ''New York Times'' Bestsellers. She currently chairs the board of trustees of the Calvin Cool ...

. * 2003: Brian Carney. * 2004: Robert Guest. * 2005: Mary Anastasia O'Grady. * 2006:

Tim Harford Timothy Douglas Harford (born 27 September 1973) is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford.Jamie Whyte. * 2007: Amit Varma * 2008: A. Barton Hinkle. * 2009: John Hasnas, Shikha Dalmia, and

Daniel Hannan Daniel John Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere (born 1 September 1971) is a British writer, journalist and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 to 2 ...

* 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 ''T ...

and Bret Stephens * 2011: Tom Easton and

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

* 2012: Anne Jolis * 2013: Lane Filler and Ross Clark * 2014: Robert GraboyesRobert Graboyes on Substack
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Tim Harford Timothy Douglas Harford (born 27 September 1973) is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford.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 self-publishing his work after being let go from ''The Wa ...

and Hugo Restall * 2018:

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

References

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External links

Bastiat Prize Policy Network 2011 and prior

Bastiat Prize Reason Foundation 2012
Bastiat Prize Bastiat Prize 2002 establishments in the United States