Friday, February 20, 2026
5:30-6:30 Dinner. Breen SU Great Room.
7:00-8:00 Hans Sennholz Memorial Lecture. Sticht Lecture Hall.
“Modern Monetary Theory and Inflation Control from an Austrian Perspective” Dr. Karl-Friedrich Israel (Professor of Economics, Université Catholique de ľQuest)
Saturday, February 21, 2026
8:30-10:00 Student Sessions. Staley Hall of Arts and Letters.
Affordability. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. SHAL 114.
• “Do Institutional Investors Create Unaffordable Housing,” Joseph McGuire (Grove City College)
• “The Internal Market,” Jackson Everaert (Ferris State University)
• “Inflation and the Decline of the Single-Breadwinner Household,” Scott T. Cross (Grove City College)
10:15-11:45 Student Sessions. Staley Hall of Arts and Letters.
Economic Doctrines in Theory and History. Chairman: Jeff Herbener. SHAL 114.
• “The Evolving Concept of Rationality in the Work of Ludwig von Mises,” André Quintas (George Mason University)
• “An Economic Theory of Doctrinal Development,” Benjamin Seevers (West Virginia University)
• “How Say and Jefferson Transformed American Political Economy,” Brae Sadler (Grove City College)
12:00-1:30 Lunch. Breen Student Union Great Room.
2:00-3:30 Student Sessions. Staley Hall of Arts and Letters.
Economics and Culture. Chairman: Caleb Fuller. SHAL 114.
• “The Mystery of Cooperation: A Look into Costly Signaling and Cross-Cultural Coordination,” Gabriela Gimenez (Grove City College)
• “Cooperation among the Netsilik Inuit,” Isaac Good (Grove City College)
• “The Organization of the Yakuza,” Joshua Xu (Grove City College)
Monopoly? Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. SHAL 116.
• “The Game Monopoly and the Subjective Theory of Value,” Garrett Gess (Grove City College)
• “A Failed Rescue: A Critique of the General Motors and Chrysler TARP Bailouts,” Asher Boekestein (Cornerstone University)
• “Privatizing the U.S. Park Service,” Zachary Gallagher (Washington and Lee University)
3:45-5:15 Student Sessions. Staley Hall of Arts and Letters.
Markets v. States. Chairman: Caleb Fuller. SHAL 114.
• “The Advantages of Private Defense,” Joshua Fairfield (Ferris State University)
• “Ancient and Scholastic Influences on Modern Solutions to the Tragedy of the Commons,” Elias Freire (Grove City College)
• “Persecution in China: An Economic Analysis,” Joshua Xu (Grove City College)
Economics and the Family. Chairman: Shawn Ritenour. SHAL 116.
• “The Snake Oil of Natal-Socialism: An Austrian Critique of Hungary’s ‘Pronatalist’ Family Policy,” Tamás Klein (Grove City College)
• “International Remittances, Institutions, and Prosperity: An Application of the Theory of Growth,” Bryan Amador (Grove City College)
• “The End of the Italian Mercenaries,” Zane Kircher (Grove City College)
5:30-6:30 Dinner. Breen Student Union Great Room.
6:45-7:00 Awarding of the Andrew S. Korim Prizes for Best Papers. Sticht Lecture Hall.
7:00-8:00 The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture. Sticht Lecture Hall.
“Biblical Anthropology, homo agens, and Property Rights: A Conversation Between Moses and Mises” Dr. Jeffery Degner (Dean of the School of Business and Innovation, Research Fellow in Economics and Economic Freedom at the American Institute for Economic Research.