IPN's 2008 Bastiat Prize Dinner took place on Wednesday, October 22, in New York City. The Bastiat Prize was awarded to Barton Hinkle of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Second and third prizes went to Swaminathan Aiyar of the Times of India and Fraser Nelson of the London Spectator.

The six finalists for this year's prize were:

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Consulting Editor, Economic Times and Times of India

Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, columnist, New York Times, USA

A. Barton Hinkle, Deputy Op-Ed Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch, USA

Fraser Nelson, Political Editor, The Spectator,UK

Ashutosh Tiwari, Business Columnist, Nepali Times, Nepal

Daniel Weintraub, Public Affairs Columnist, Sacramento Bee, USA

The Bastiat Prize 2008 Judging Panel:

Anne Applebaum, Editorial Board member, Washington Post

Brian Carney, Editorial Board member, Wall Street Journal

Professor Bibek Debroy, International Management Institute, New Delhi

Judge Douglas Ginsburg, Washington DC Court of Appeals

Lord Lawson, former British Chancellor of the Exchequer

Matt Ridley, author on genetics and human behaviour

Amity Shlaes, Syndicated Bloomberg columnist; senior fellow in economic history, Council on Foreign Relations