Hans Sennholz Memorial Lecture: February 21, 2025 & Ludwig Von Mises Memorial Lecture: February 22, 2025

Dr. Guido Hülsmann is a professor of economics at the University of Angers, where he directs the honours bachelor programme in law and economics, as well as a master programme in law and finance. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, an elected member of
the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He serves as a referee for international peer-reviewed periodicals such as the Journal of Economic Issues, the Journal of Institutional Economics, and the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. His former doctoral students teach at universities in France, Britain, the US, the Netherlands, Germany, and Western Africa. Prof. Hülsmann is the 2023 laureate of the Hayek Medal, the author of eight monographs, most recently Abundance, Generosity, and the State (2024), and he has edited or co-edited seven other books, most recently A Life in Liberty – Liber Amicorum in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2024). His books and articles have been translated into more than twenty languages. His current research focuses on the political economy of financial markets, on the general theory of government interventionism, as well as on the theory of gratuitous goods.