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Boudreaux Wins Szasz Award

By Sheldon Richman • Posted October 13, 2009
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boudreauxFreeman columnist and George Mason University economics professor Donald Boudreaux has won the 2009 Thomas Szasz Award for Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties. The Szasz Award committee recognized Boudreaux for his many years of promoting freedom in all its aspects through his writing and lecturing.Boudreaux, who was FEE’s president from 1997 to 2001, won the general award. This year’s winner of the professional award is Thomas Greening, PhD, a longtime associate of Szasz and promoter of his work.The winners receive a plaque and $1,000.For more than five decades, Szasz, also a Freeman columnist, has distinguished himself as the preeminent defender of individual rights in the fields of psychiatry and psychology. He has remained a steadfast champion of the classical-liberal values of voluntary interaction, the rule of law, and an open society. His struggle on behalf of civil liberties has been indefatigable, sustained despite intense opposition over a lifetime of brilliant intellectual accomplishment.The award is a project of the Center for Independent Thought.

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  1. Comment by Anton Rasmussen on 13 October 2009:

    Congrats Professor Boudreaux! Not to diminish your award; however, I must say, I just won a signed copy of Globalization in a GMU Econ Department raffle and I want you to know that it is in good hands. Keep up your hard work.~Anton Rasmussen

  2. Comment by Speedmaster on 15 October 2009:

    WELL-deserved, congrats! Dr. Boudreaux is one of the preeminent defenders of economic and political liberty.

  3. Pingback by Don Boudreaux wins Szasz prize on 16 October 2009:

    [...] am pleased to announce that Don has won the 2009 Thomas Szasz Award “for Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties. The Szasz Award committee recognized [...]

  4. Pingback by The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Don Boudreaux Wins Szasz Award: on 18 October 2009:

    [...] to my GMU colleague and long-time friend Don Boudreaux, who has been named the winner of the 2009 Thomas Szasz Award for Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties.  It well-merited and it is great to see Don’s tireless and advocacy for individual liberty [...]

  5. Comment by Roger Meiners on 18 October 2009:

    Don reminds us constantly of elementary economic truths that are so often lost in the drivel of politics and nitwit commentary.

  6. Comment by Sean Mulholland on 18 October 2009:

    Here, Here. I had the pleasure to be a student of Don’s at Clemson University and FEE. Don’s clarity and wit always kept us on our feet. He is one of the reasons why I chose to continue my study of economics. I am sure I am not alone.

  7. Pingback by Boudreaux Wins! « ThinkMarkets on 19 October 2009:

    [...] For a more complete announcement of the award see the FEE blog,  Anything Peaceful. [...]

  8. Comment by Steve on 19 October 2009:

    Very good.

  9. Comment by Eric Olthwaite on 21 October 2009:

    Seriously well done Donald. Keep up that letter writing, it’s enlightening reading someone who can encapsulate economic problems so neatly and clearly.

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