30 July 2010
2006 Winner of The National Free Enterprise Award
Professor James Tooley of the University of Newcastle (left) receives the IEA’s National Free Enterprise Award from Dr Terence Kealey, Vice Chancellor, University of Buckingham.
The ceremony took place at the IEA’s 24th Annual The State of the Economy Conference on 22 March 2007 at the Institute of Directors.
Every year the IEA presents the NFEA to the person judged to have made the greatest contribution to the market economy, whether it be as a businessman, journalist, academic, think tanker or other intellectual. Tooley was nominated for his revolutionary work on private education for the poor in developing countries that totally changes perceptions about markets in education.
Last year the award went to Neil Collins, City Editor of the Daily Telegraph for 20 years and now a columnist on the Evening Standard and before that to Dr Terence Kealey. Previous winners have included Rodney Leach of Jardine Matheson, Lloyd Dorfman of Travelex, Lord Joseph, Baroness Thatcher, Christopher Booker and Sir Richard Branson.
The Award is a large silver statue representing enterprise escaping the dead hand of the state which the winner gets to keep for one year. The winner also receives the permanent gift of a small inscribed replica.
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