Mises Institute Awards
The Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize
For excellence in research and teaching for a promising young scholar.
- 2022 Per Bylund
- 2021 Jonathan Newman
- 2021 Karl-Friedrich Israel
- 2020 Patrick Newman
- 2019 Timothy D. Terrell
- 2018 Lucas Engelhardt
- 2017 Carmen Dorobat and Matthew McCaffrey
- 2016 David Howden
- 2015 Philipp Bagus
- 2014 Tom Woods
For lifetime defense of liberty, awards $10,000 to a public intellectual or distinguished scholar (1999-2012).
- 2012 Butler Shaffer
- 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.
- 2017 Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
- 2015 Robert Higgs
- 2015 Hans-Hermann Hoppe
- 2012 Douglas E. French
- 2008 Ron Paul
- 2006 David Gordon
- 2005 Walter Block
- 2004 Gary North
- 2003 Burton Blumert
The Peterson-Luddy Chair in Austrian Economics at the Mises Institute
Established through the generosity of William H. Peterson and Robert L. Luddy to support research, teaching, and leadership in Austrian economics.
- 2021 Mark Thornton
- 2018-2020 Jörg Guido Hülsmann
- 2015-2017 Joseph T. Salerno
The Lawrence W. Fertig Prize in Austrian Economics
$1,500 to the author of a paper that best advances economic science in the Austrian tradition
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2022 Vytautas Žukauskas Measuring the Quality of Money
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2020-2021 Kristoffer Mousten Hansen The Menger-Mises Theory of the Origin of Money—Conjecture or Economic Law
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2019 Jeffrey M. Herbener Time and the Theory of Cost
- 2018 Arkadiusz Sieron The Non-Price Effects of Monetary Inflation
- 2017 Jeffrey M. Herbener and David J. Rapp Toward a Subjective Approach to Investment Appraisal in Light of Austrian Value Theory
- 2016 Patrick Newman The Depression of 1873-1879: An Austrian Perspective
- 2015 Per Bylund Ronald Coase’s ‘Nature of the Firm’ and the Argument for Economic Planning
- 2014 Andreas Hoffmann and Gunther Schnabl Monetary Nationalism and International Economic Instability
- 2013 Laura Davidson Against Monetary Disequilibrium Theory and Fractional Reserve Free Banking
- 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 Political Economy
$1,500 to the author of the paper that best advances libertarian scholarship.
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2022 Joseph T. Salerno, Carmen Elena Dorobăț, and Matthew C. McCaffrey Monopoly as a ‘Culture-history Fact’: Knight, Menger, and the Role of Institutions
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2020-2021 Tate Fegley Police Unions and Officer Privileges
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2019 Mark Thornton Incorporating Cantillon: A Face and a Family for the First Modern Economist?
- 2018 Pavel Ryska Deflation and Economic Growth: The Great Depression as the Great Outlier
- 2017 Philipp Bagus, David Howden, and Amadeus Gabriel Reassessing the Ethicality of Some Common Financial Practices
- 2016 David Howden and Yang Zhou Why Did China’s Population Grow So Quickly?
- 2015 Carmen Elena Dorobat Foreign Policy and Domestic Policy Are But One System: Mises on International Organizations and the World Trade Organization
- 2014 G.P. Manish Market Reforms in India and the Quality of Economic Growth
- 2013 William Butos Monetary Orders and Institutions: A Hayekian Perspective
- 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“
Ludwig von Mises Entrepreneurship Award
Certificate and beautifully inscribed medallion awarded to businesspeople exhibiting entrepreneurial success and devotion to the free-market ideal.
- 2023 Benard Koether, Kitchen Brains
- 2018 William Lowndes III, Tindall Corporation
- 2017 Francisco Garcia Parames, Cobas AM
- 2016 James M. Rodney, Detroit Forming, Inc.
- 2014 Louis E. Carabini, Monex
- 2013 Henry Getz, Morton Buildings
- 2010 James M. Wolfe, Pasco Washington
- 2006 Robert L. Luddy, Econ-Air, Inc.
The George F. Koether Free-Market Writing Award
A medal and a $2,500 honorarium, presented for an outstanding book or essay.
- 2019 Patrick Newman: Editor, Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5
- 2018 Hunter Lewis: Economics in Three Lessons and One Hundred Economic Laws
- 2016 Ron Paul: Swords into Plowshares
- 2012 Thomas J. DiLorenzo: Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government
- 2009 Thomas Woods: Meltdown
- 2008 Judge Andrew Napolitano: A Nation of Sheep
The Elgin Groseclose Award
$20 Liberty Head Double Eagle, goes to the best piece of money writing in the previous year.
The Douglas E. French Prize
$2,500 for the student who emerges from the Mises University oral examinations with the best record, as chosen by the examining committee.
- 2022 Benjamin Seevers, Grove City College
- 2021 Chase Roycroft, Mises Institute Graduate School
- 2020 David Hoffa, Michigan State University College of Law
- 2019 Christian Mullins, George Mason University
- 2018 HJ Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2017 Kristoffer Hansen, University of Angers
- 2016 Hunter Morris, Baylor University
- 2015 Karl-Friedrich Israel, University of Angers, France
- 2014 Kyle Marchini, Grove City College
- 2013 James Chappelow, University of Missouri
- 2012 Patrick Newman, Rutgers University
- 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, Spain
- 2007 Benjamin Darrington of Yale University
- 2006 Mateusz Machaj of the University of Wroclaw, Poland
Kenneth Garschina Prizes at Mises University and the Austrian Economics Research Conference
$1,500 for the student who emerges from the Mises University oral examinations with the second best record, as chosen by the examining committee.
- 2022 Luan Valério, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- 2021 Porter Burkett, University of South Carolina
- 2020 Porter Burkett, University of South Carolina
$750 for the student who emerges from the Mises University oral examinations with the third best record, as chosen by the examining committee.
- 2022 Reece Smith, Allegheny College
- 2021 Samuel Cartagena-Sergenian, Raritan Valley Community College
- 2020 Benjamin Bies, Hillsdale College
Kenneth Garschina Prize at the Austrian Economics Research Conference
$1,500 for the best graduate student paper at the Austrian Economics Research Conference
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2022 Jeffery L. Degner, University of Angers, “Cantillon Effects and the ‘Coming Apart’ of the American Family Experience: How Inflationary Monetary Policy Alters Family Life”
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2021 Kesong Wang, Hokkaido University, “A Further Clarification of Ludwig von Mises as a Currency School Free Banker”
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2021 Second place $500, Pedro Alemida Jorge, Universidad Francisco Marroquín , “The Two Traditions of Marginalist Thought”
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2021 Third place $250, Jeffrey Degner, University of Angers, “Family Economics and the Socialist State: The Calculation Problem Applied to Eastern Bloc Fertility Economics”
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2020 Kristoffer Hansen, University of Angers, “Are Free-market Fiduciary Media Possible?”
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2020 Second place $500, Bernardo Ferrero, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, “The Myth of the Developmental State: An Austrian Perspective”
Grant Aldrich Prize
$1,000 for the best graduate student paper at Austrian Economics Research Conference
- 2019 Nicholas Cooper, George Mason University, “Reinterpreting the Historical Episode of the Bank of Amsterdam”
- 2018 Tate Fegly, George Mason University, “Policing and Economic Calculation”
- 2017 Louis Rouanet, Paris Institute of Political Studies, “Monetary Policy, Asset Price Inflation and Inequality”
$1,000 for the second-highest score on the Mises University oral examination
- 2019 Vytautas Zukauskas, University of Angers
- 2018 Bernardo Ferrero, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
- 2017 Joakim Book, University of Glasgow
$500 for the third-highest score on the Mises University oral examination
- 2019 Antón Chamberlin, Troy University
- 2018 Yannis Petrzak, Hillsdale College
- 2017 Benjamin Juhlin, Stockholm Sweden
- 2016 Daniel Sánchez Piñol Yulee, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
George and Joele Eddy Prize
$1,500 for the second-highest score on the Mises University examinations, and $750 for the third-highest score. (2007 – 2015). $1,800 for second-highest score (2016)
- 2016 George Pickering, London School of Economics
- 2015 Louis Rouanet, Paris Institute of Political Science
- 2014 Matei Apavaloaei (2nd Place), Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest; and Edgar Duarte Aguilar (3rd Place), Francisco Marroquin University
- 2013 Daniel Costa (2nd Place), University of Porto School of Economics, Portugal, and Michael Leahy (3rd Place), Saint Joseph’s University
- 2012 Matthew McCaffrey (2nd Place), University of Angers, and Wolf von Laer (3rd Place), University Rey Juan Carlos
- 2011 Samuel Selikoff (2nd Place), Boston College, and Robyn Harte-Bunting (3rd Place), University Rey Juan Carlos and University of Angers
- 2010 Jakub Wisniewski (2nd Place), Queen Mary, University of London,
Matthew McCaffrey (3rd Place), 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)
Mündliche Prüfung Conference Examinations
Mises University 2022 overall results
- 57 students took the preliminary written exam, 16 proceeded to oral exams
- Passed oral exams: Evelyn Grant (Stirling University), Daniel Luster (Regent University), Joshua Mawhorter (Mises Institute Graduate School), Alexander Zeilstra (Grove City College), Ryan Turnipseed (Oklahoma State University), David Crego (Hampden-Sydney College), and Liam McCollum (University of Montana)
- Passed oral exams with honors Zachary Wood (Grove City College), Joshua Schubert (Trinity School for Ministry), Benjamin Seevers (Grove City College), Reece Smith (Allegheny College), and Luan Valério (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
- Douglas E. French Prize for Most Learned: Benjamin Seevers (Grove City College)
- Kenneth Garschina Second Prize: Luan Valério (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
- Kenneth Garschina Third Prize: Reece Smith (Allegheny College)
Mises University 2020 overall results
- 40 students took the prelimina
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