I am a fan of all things Bradley, as well as pretty much all of the recipients of the Bradley prizes. But, at the end of the day, I just don’t get the rationale for how they pick winners. It’s as if they choose those conservatives who would be the perfect recipients if only we had a time machine and could go back to their youth and help them when they needed it. Hernando de Soto is a giant among men, but is he really hard up for resources to get published or do research? With very few exceptions, these seem like late-career “attaboys” with a nice cash bonus. All of these people deserve to be honored. But it’s just an odd allocation of resources — if you ask me.