Friday, February 21, 2025
5:30-6:30 Dinner. SU Great Room.
6:40-6:50 Mises Archive Documentary. Sticht Lecture Hall.
7:00-8:00 Hans Sennholz Memorial Lecture. Sticht Lecture Hall. “The Value of Inheritance” Dr. Guido Hülsmann (Professor of Economics, University of Angers)
Saturday, February 22, 2025
8:30-10:00 Sessions
Reconciling Contradictions. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. HAL 114.
• “Mises Contra God: A Reconciliation,” Benjamin Seevers (West Virginia University)
• “The Cartelization of Higher Education,” Brae Sadler (Grove City College)
• “Reconciling Contradictions: An Austrian Economic Perspective on Nayib Bukele’s Policies,” Caleb Graeber (Ferris State University)
Market Solutions to Social Problems. Chairman: Caleb Fuller. HAL 116.
• “Equal Revenue Sharing as a Monitoring Mechanism: The Case of Tip Pooling,” Zachary Wood (Grove City College)
• “The Foresight, Philosophy, and Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie,” Garrett Gess (Grove City College)
• “If It Pays It Stays: The Economics of Trophy Hunting,” Scott Cross and Tamás Klein (Grove City College)
10:15-11:45 Sessions
Intervention, Inside and Outside. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. HAL 114.
• “Planned Obsolescence: An Analysis of Why Regulation Will Ultimately Fail Its Intended Goals,” Andrew Bonace (Grove City College)
• “Government Intervention and the Automotive Industry,” Valerio Bello-Munoz (Cornerstone University)
• “Coalition Dynamics and Crisis-Driven Legislation: The USA Patriot Act,” Anna McQueen (Grove City College)
Technology, Good and Bad. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. HAL 116.
• “The Economic Cost of Encryption Backdoors,” Jake McGaha (Ferris State University)
• “Moneyball’s Legacy: Technological Innovations and Competitive Balance in Major League Baseball,” Kevin Carr (Grove City College)
• “Defending Economic Freedom: Addressing Concerns of AI-Induced Inequality,” Pedro Saltini (Ferris State University)
12:00-1:30 Lunch. SU Great Room.
2:00-3:30 Sessions
Monetary Policy. Chairman: Caleb Fuller. HAL 114.
• “Inflation in Ethiopia,” Bethel Lemma (Cornerstone University)
• “Implications of the Post-2008 Federal Reserve Policy Regime for Austrian Macroeconomics,” Zachary Wood (Grove City College)
• “Floating the Birr: An Austrian Economics Perspective on Ethiopia’s Currency Reform,” Rediet Teklemariam (Cornerstone University)
Family Issues. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. HAL 116.
• “Stunting the Family: An Economic Theory of Autocrats and China’s One-Child Policy,” Johanna Keister (Grove City College)
• “Unexplored Causal Connections of Abortion and Economics,” Samuel Peterson (Independent Scholar)
• “The Decapitalization of Children: The Role of Social Security in Family Disintegration,” Scott Cross (Grove City College)
3:45-5:15 Sessions
Fiscal Policy. Chairman: Caleb Fuller. HAL 114.
• “Brazilian Pension Reform: Limited Freedom and Economic Inefficiency,” Felipe Iser (Ferris State University)
• “Implications of the United States National Debt Crisis,” Gavin Vander Laan (Calvin University)
• “The Destructive Impact of Corporate Taxes: The Case of Sweden,” Filip Flink (Ferris State University)
Social Order. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. HAL 116.
• “Arctic Anarchy: Private Governance among the Inuit of the Polar North,” Benjamin Seever (West Virginia University)
• “The Rise and Fall of Kibbutzim,” Tamás Klein (Grove City College)
• “Spontaneous Order vs. Centralized Planning: Hayek’s Critique of the French Pandemic,” Alexis Sémanne (University of Lille)
5:30-6:30 Dinner. SU Great Room.
6:40-6:50 Awarding of the Andrew S. Korim Prizes for Best Papers. Sticht Lecture Hall.
7:00-8:00 Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture. Sticht Lecture Hall. “A General Theory of Interventionism” Dr. Guido Hülsmann (Professor of Economics, University of Angers)