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AERC

The Austrian Economics Research Conference
is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of
the Austrian School, bringing together leading
scholars to present the latest research in this vibrant
intellectual tradition. Each year, the Mises Institute
hosts the conference, which is directed by Academic
Vice President Joseph Salerno. AWARD-WINNING STUDENT

This year, AERC coincided with the 50th anniversary ESSAYS
of the 1974 South Royalton conference and the KENNETH GARSCHINA GRADUATE STUDENT
renaissance of the Austrian School. The Mises ESSAY CONTEST HONORING THE 65TH
Institute commemorated this historic gathering by ANNIVERSARY OF HENRY HAZLITT’S THE FAILURE
hosting South Royalton attendees Walter E. Block, OF THE “NEW ECONOMICS”
Jack High, Randall G. Holcombe, Murray Sabrin, and Winner: “Hazlitt Against Keynes on Unemployment
Joseph T. Salerno, who reflected on the conference’s and Wages: A Lesson for Modern Macroeconomics,” by
impact on the Austrian movement and on their Benjamin Seevers, West Virginia University
careers. Per Bylund, Karl-Friedrich Israel, Patrick
Newman, and Jonathan Newman spoke on South KENNETH GARSCHINA UNDERGRADUATE
Royalton’s cultural legacy and enduring relevance. STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST HONORING THE
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF LUDWIG VON MISES’S
BUREAUCRACY
First place: “A Tale of Two Bureaucracies,” by
David Brady, Jr., Florida Southern College

LUDWIG VON MISES MEMORIAL LECTURE Second place: “Bureaucracy: Applying Mises’s
“The Forgotten Austrian: Peter F. Drucker and the Insights to Our Present Day,” by Teyoman Gokcek,
Welfare State” —Murray Sabrin Florida Southern College

SPONSORED BY YOUSIF ALMOAYYED
Third place: “Looking Back at the Crossroads: Liberty
HENRY HAZLITT MEMORIAL LECTURE or Socialism,” by Ryan Turnipseed, Oklahoma State
“Ayn Rand and the Austrian Economists” University
—Edward W. Younkins Honorable mention: “Bureaucracy and Grove

SPONSORED BY SHONE AND BRAE SADLER
City College: How One College Resisted the
F. A. HAYEK MEMORIAL LECTURE Bureaucratization of Higher Education,” by
“A Case for Argentina’s Dollarization: Why and Brae Sadler, Grove City College
How to Implement It” —Nicolás Cachanosky
SPONSORED BY DONALD AND JUDY REMBERT
MURRAY N. ROTHBARD MEMORIAL
LECTURE
“Knowing Murray in the Early Years (1971–1972)
and Why Rothbard and Rand Would Relish 2024:
Beginning Collapse of Statism and Its Realities!”
—J. Michael Oliver
SPONSORED BY STEVEN AND CASSANDRA TORELLO

Visit mises.org/AERC2024 to listen to the
memorial lectures.

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