[1][2][3][4] It is the Association’s highest honor, named after two key originators of the evolutionary-institutionalist tradition, Thorstein B. Veblen and John R. Commons.
Since the days of Veblen, Commons, and Mitchell, evolutionary institutionalists have sought to collect and use economic and social data (quantitative and qualitative in nature) in service of both scientific understanding and practical problem solving.
Other early recipients include Gardiner Means, Gunnar Myrdal, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Rexford Tugwell.
More recent winners include Anne Mayhew, Edythe Miller, F. Gregory Hayden, Willam Dugger, Glen Atkinson, William Waller, Jim Peach, Janet Knoedler, and James K. Galbraith.
A detailed description of the award,[10] biography of the current winner, and list of past recipients [11] can be found on the AFEE website.