The SDAE recognizes its members with prizes and awards. Announcements and presentations are made at the Annual Dinner and Business Meeting program, hosted during the Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting each year. See below for information about the prizes and awards presented at the 2023 SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting, hosted at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, LA. Listings of other past SDAE prizes and awards can also be accessed from this page.
SDAE Prize for the Best Book in Austrian Economics
2023 SDAE Prize for The Best Book in Austrian Economics
Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA
Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?
Lawrence White, George Mason University
Cambridge University Press (2023)
SDAE Prizes for the Best Book in Austrian Economics (1997-2023)
SDAE Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics
2023 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics
Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA
The Redistributive Politics of Monetary Policy
Louis Rouanet, Western Kentucky University
Peter Hazlett, George Mason University
Public Choice, 194 (1-2): 1-26 (2023)
SDAE Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics (1996-2023)
Steven Horwitz Prize for Public Scholarship
“Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human life and action and concerns everybody and everything. It is the pith of civilization and of man’s human existence.” (Excerpted from Ludwig von Mises, “Economics and the Citizen,” Human Action, 1949)
Steven Horwitz was a founding member of the SDAE, one of its early presidents, and served for many years as its secretary. Steve was a central figure at the SDAE for the first quarter century of its existence. Over and above his academic work, Steve became known as an excellent popularizer of economic ideas, demonstrating that economics is not just or even primarily for experts: it is a science for citizens, empowering them to practice self-governance in a free society. To honor this legacy, the SDAE announced and presented the inaugural Steven Horwitz Prize for Public Scholarship at its 2022 Annual Dinner and Business Meeting.
2022 SDAE Steven Horwitz Prize for Public Scholarship
Jeremy Horpedahl
University of Central Arkansas
Carl Menger Essay Contest
2023 Carl Menger Essay Contest
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA
Heterogeneity at the Constitutional Level: A Comparison of India, Pakistan, Egypt, and Slovenia
Samuel Clyde, Hillsdale College
Tyler Conrad, Hillsdale College
Emery Fischer, Hillsdale College
Avery Noel, Hillsdale CollegeA New German Post-Historical School Monetary Paradigm: A Comparative Analysis of Mises’ and Knapp’s Theories
Geert Ensing, Hillsdale CollegeThe Current United States Budget Deficit: An Examination of James Buchanan’s and Richard Wagner’s Democracy in Deficit: The Political Legacy of Lord Keynes
McNeil Honea, Samford University
Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
The SDAE sponsored the Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition from 2002-2019. Most of the award-winning submissions have since been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and other scholarly publications. Several of the award winners have subsequently served or currently serve the SDAE in leadership positions and have received other professional awards and recognition from the SDAE. Visit the link below to view a listing of awardees and publications.
Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition (2002-2019)