Hans Sennholz Memorial Lecture: February 20, 2026
Karl-Friedrich Israel is Professor of Economics at the Université Catholique de l’Ouest (UCO) in Angers, France. He previously served as a visiting professor at Saarland University in Saarbrücken and at the Institute for Economic Policy at Leipzig University, Germany.
He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Berlin, Paris and Oxford, before earning a doctorate in economics from the University of Angers in 2017, with a dissertation on the costs and benefits of central banking. He received his habilitation (HDR) from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2023 for his research on the neutrality of money and the unintended consequences of monetary policy.
His broader research interests include macroeconomics, the history of economic thought, economic methodology, econometrics and Austrian economics.
Ludwig Von Mises Memorial Lecture: February 21, 2026
Dr. Jeffery Degner is a Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He also holds the title of Senior Fellow for Economics and Free Enterprise at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he previously served as the Dean of the School of Business & Innovation. His undergraduate degree in Economics and History for secondary education was earned at Western Michigan University, where he also obtained his Masters in Applied Economics. His doctorate in Economic Science is from the Universite d’Angers in western France and was earned under the supervision of Jorg Guido Hulsmann. His dissertation was adapted for publishing to produce his first book entitled, Inflation and the Family: Monetary Policy’s Impact on Household Life. He holds both the Kenneth Garschina Award from the Mises Institute, and the Heart of the Scholar Award at Cornerstone – the highest peer-bestowed honor among their faculty. He has delivered presentations at the Mises Institute, the Acton Institute, Makenzie University in Sao Paulo, Brazil, The Sorbonne in Paris, France, and at multiple stateside and international conferences. He is published in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and is a contributor to the Daily Economy, the Mises Wire, the Center for Biblical Unity, and has appeared on multiple podcasts including the Tom Woods Show, The Human Action Podcast, Radio Rothbard, and All the Things.