2014 New York Gala Awards Dinner

November 17, 2014

Our Second Annual Gala Awards Dinner, held on November 6th, 2014 at the Metropolitan Club in Manhattan, was a smashing success! We congratulate Dr. Donald Boudreaux, the winner of the 2014 Coolidge Prize for Journalism, and the runner-up, Bhekuzulu Khumalo! We also congratulate Sydney Benjamin of Peacham, Vermont, the winner of the 2014 Calvin Prize for Vermont Youth, and runner-up Jay Tilden of St. Johnsbury, Vermont!

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Coolidge Foundation Announces 2014 Coolidge Prize Winner

November 10, 2014

The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University is the winner of the 2014 Coolidge Prize for Journalism, a $20,000 journalism prize awarded to the author whose short works best embody the spirit and values of our nation’s thirtieth president. Dr. Boudreaux, a prominent libertarian economist, author, and professor, is published in the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Regulation, Reason, Ideas on Liberty, the Washington Times, the Journal of Commerce, the Cato Journal, and several scholarly journals such as the Supreme Court Economic Review, Southern Economic Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, and Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.

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Coolidge and the Battle Over McNary-Haugen

November 10, 2014

During the late 19th century and into the 20th century the farm block of American politics began to demand more from state governments and the federal government. The Populist Party movement, sometimes referred to as “Agrarian Radicalism” took shape in the late 19th century as farmers demanded regulation of railroads, crop supports, and the free and unlimited coinage of silver, among other reforms. Peter Zavodnyik, in The Rise of the Federal Colossus: The Growth of Federal Power from Lincoln to F.D. R. wrote:

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Budget Conference Agenda

October 31, 2014

“The Virtuous Obsession” How Better Budget Law is Key to Meeting Our Fiscal Challenges   November 12, 2014 Hart Office Building Room 902   8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.               […]

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