to be admitted to Mark Skousen’s Free Market Hall of Fame as favorite free market government official (present) and free market think tank leader (present). Right now, Ron is far and away the leader in his category, while Ed Crane is leading Lew by less then 10 votes.
my picks:

Free Market economist (past)–Murray Rothbard (write-in)

Free Market economist (present)–Walter Block (write in)

Free Market writer (past)–Henry Hazlitt

Free market writer (present)–John Stossel

Free Market business leader and entrepreneur (past)–Andrew Carnegie (like Ron Paul and myself a native Pittsburgher!)

Free Market business leader and entrepreneur (present)–John Mackey(the Whole Foods in my neighborhood serves free samples of beer and wine)

Free Market Think Tank Leader (past)–Leonard Read

Free Market Think Tank Leader (present)–Lew, of course

Free Market Government Official (past)-Thomas Jefferson

Free Market Government Official (present)–Only one possible choice for any serious friend of liberty

Free Market Hall of Shame (past)–FDR