My guess: Thomas Szasz. I really have no idea if he "deserves" it because I have no notion of what the criteria are but I do know that he's recieved quite a few awards fro the libt'rn crowd.
Facetious guess: Bill Gates! Fabio On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Alex Tabarrok wrote: > Speaking of prizes, Cato has just announced a biennial Milton > Friedman Prize for the Advancement of Liberty. The award will be a cash > prize of $500,000 to one individual for "significant achievement in the > advancement of liberty." The first prize will be presented May 9, 2002. > > Any predictions/wishes/thoughts? > > Note by the way how far things have come since the early days of say > Mont Pelerin when there were some 8 democracies left in the world, > socialism was advancing everywhere, and people like Friedman and Hayek > were universally thought of as cranks. Makes me optimistic. > > Alex > -- > Dr. Alexander Tabarrok > Vice President and Director of Research > The Independent Institute > 100 Swan Way > Oakland, CA, 94621-1428 > Tel. 510-632-1366, FAX: 510-568-6040 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
