Judging Panel
Present and Previous Judges:
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Nigel Ashford (2003-present) Senior Program Officer, Institute for Humane Studies
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John Blundell (founding judge, 1990-1993) Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs
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Don Boudreaux (2002-2007) Chairman, Department of Economics, George Mason University
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James Buchanan (1990-2002) Professor Emeritus, George Mason University and Virginia Tech University
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Alejandro Chafuen (1990-present) President & CEO, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
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J.R. Clark (2007-present) Probasco Chair, The University of Tennessee
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Tyler Cowen (2007-present) Professor, George Mason University
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Juliana Geran Pilon (2007-present) Research Professor, Institute of World Politics
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Karen Horn (2007-present) Director, Berlin Office, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft
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Israel Kirzner (1990-2001) Professor Emeritus, New York University
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Henri Lepage (1990-2001) Executive Director, Institut Euro 92
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Norman Macrae (1990-2001) Former Deputy Editor of The Economist
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Antonio Martino (1990-1997) Minister of Defense, Italy
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Maurice McTigue (2001-present) Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Mercatus Center
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Bridgett Wagner (2003-present) Director of Coalitions Relations, Heritage Foundation
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Christian Watrin (1998-2007) Former President, Mont Pelerin Society
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Carl-Johan Westholm (2002-present) Secretary, Mont Pelerin Society
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Edwin West * (1990-2000) Professor Emeritus of Economics, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada
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Bruce Yandle (2007-present) Distinguished Adjunct Professor & Dean Emeritus, Clemson College of Business and Behavioral Sciences; Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Mercatus Center
* deceased
Adjunct Judges (judges who helped review certain foreign language publications):
- Alex Arifianto, Arizona State University
- Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Academic Dean and Professor of History, The Institute of World Politics
- Juan Jose Daboub, Managing Director, The World Bank
- Rainer Heufers, Resident Representative, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
- Anne Fortier, Program Officer, Institute for Humane Studies
- Nils Karlson, Chairman, Foundation City University of Stockholm
- Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard, Professor, University of Copenhagen
- Brian Lee Crowley, President, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
- Elena Leontjeva, Co-Founder, Lithuanian Free Market Institute
- Alberto Mingardi, Director General, Istituto Bruno Leoni
- Steve Pejovich, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University
- Borut Prah, Author, The Party is Over
- Ralph Raico, Ludwig von Mises Institute
- Randy Simmons, Professor, Utah State University
- Jan Arild Snoen, Author and Columnist of Minerva Magazine
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Jon Utley, Founder, Freda Utley Foundation
- Ian Vasquez, Director of Center for Global Liberty & Prosperity, Cato Institute
- Richard Wong, Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research
