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==Prizes==
===Recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences at Cato===
The following recipients of the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] have worked with Cato:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cato.org/people/nobel|title=Nobel Laureates at Cato|website=Cato Institute|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919155213/https://www.cato.org/people/nobel|url-status=live}}</ref>

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* [[Gary S. Becker]]
* [[James M. Buchanan]]
* [[Ronald Coase]]
* [[Milton Friedman]]
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* [[Friedrich Hayek]]
* [[Robert Mundell]]
* [[Douglass C. North]]
* [[Edward C. Prescott]]
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* [[Thomas C. Schelling]]
* [[Vernon L. Smith]]
* [[George J. Stigler]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/1982/5/v6n3-3.pdf|title=Economists and Public Policy|website=Cato Institute|access-date=March 11, 2021|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225130750/https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/1982/5/v6n3-3.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Richard H. Thaler]]
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===Milton Friedman Prize===
Since 2002, the Cato Institute has awarded the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty every two years to "an individual who has made a significant contribution to advancing human freedom."<ref>{{cite book|last=Ronall|first=Joachim O.|title=Encyclopaedia Judica|year=2007|publisher=Thomson Gale|chapter-url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2587506865.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329142131/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2587506865.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|edition=2nd|author2=Saxena, Rohan |author3=Beloff, Ruth |access-date=August 18, 2013|chapter=Friedman, Milton}}</ref>  The prize comes with a cash award of US$250,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cato.org/friedman-prize | title=The Milton Friedman Prize | website=Cato Institute | access-date=13 April 2015 | archive-date=January 20, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120081700/http://www.cato.org/friedman-prize | url-status=live }}</ref>
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|+Friedman Prize winners
! Year !! Recipient !! Nationality
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| 2002 || [[Peter Thomas Bauer]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Bauer, 86; Economist Fought Foreign Aid |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=[[Tribune Company]] |date=May 19, 2002 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-19-me-bauer19-story.html |access-date=December 23, 2010 |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818032724/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/19/local/me-bauer19 |url-status=live }}</ref> || British
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| 2004 || [[Hernando de Soto Polar]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Konrad |first=Rachel |agency=Associated Press |title=Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto receives Friedman Prize |date=May 6, 2004 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-94317529.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105064542/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-94317529.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> || Peruvian
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| 2006 || [[Mart Laar]]<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Cato Policy Report |publisher=Cato Institute |date=July–August 2006 |title=Mart Laar Receives Milton Friedman Prize |url=http://www.cato.org/research/articles/cpr28n4-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060726023825/http://www.cato.org/research/articles/cpr28n4-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-07-26 |access-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> || Estonian
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| 2008 || [[Yon Goicoechea]]<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24282927 |work=[[NBC News]] |title=Student wins $500,000 for challenging Chavez |date=April 23, 2008 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165133/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24282927/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || Venezuelan
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| 2010 || [[Akbar Ganji]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Iranian writer Akbar Ganji wins Milton Friedman Prize |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/585897-iranian-writer-akbar-ganji-wins-milton-friedman-prize |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120702235316/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/585897-iranian-writer-akbar-ganji-wins-milton-friedman-prize |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |publisher=Arabianbusiness.com |date=April 13, 2010 |access-date=April 14, 2010 }}</ref> || Iranian
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| 2012 || [[Mao Yushi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realtime.zaobao.com/2012/03/jg120330_036.shtml|title=茅于轼获美国傅利曼自由奖|last=联合早报网|work=realtime.zaobao.com|year=2012|access-date=April 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502143840/http://realtime.zaobao.com/2012/03/jg120330_036.shtml|archive-date=May 2, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> || Chinese
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| 2014 || [[Leszek Balcerowicz]]{{cn|date=March 2025}} || Polish
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| 2016 || [[Flemming Rose]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cato.org/news-releases/2016/5/11/cato-institute-honors-free-speech-advocate-flemming-rose-2016-milton/ |title=Cato Institute Honors Free Speech Advocate Flemming Rose with 2016 Milton Friedman Prize |year=2016 |access-date=May 11, 2016 |archive-date=May 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512114614/http://www.cato.org/news-releases/2016/5/11/cato-institute-honors-free-speech-advocate-flemming-rose-2016-milton |url-status=live }}</ref> || Danish
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| 2018 || [[Ladies in White]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/friedman-prize/las-damas-de-blanco/ |title=Las Damas de Blanco: Winner of the 2018 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty |year=2018 |access-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150012/https://www.cato.org/friedman-prize/las-damas-de-blanco |url-status=live }}</ref> || Cuban
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| 2021 || [[Innocence Project]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cato.org/news-releases/2021/7/14/cato-institute-awards-2021-milton-friedman-prize-innocence-project|title=Cato Institute Awards 2021 Milton Friedman Prize to the Innocence Project|year=2021|access-date=July 16, 2021|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715165729/https://www.cato.org/news-releases/2021/7/14/cato-institute-awards-2021-milton-friedman-prize-innocence-project|url-status=live}}</ref> || USA
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| 2023 || [[Jimmy Lai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cato.org/news-releases/cato-institute-awards-2023-milton-friedman-prize-jimmy-lai|title=Cato Institute Awards 2023 Milton Friedman Prize to Jimmy Lai|access-date=March 2, 2025}}</ref> || Hong Kong
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