Conference
III Mises Readings 2026. Anti-Crisis Strategies for the XXI Century: Praxeology, Market, and Limits of the State
September 26, 2026 (Saturday)
09:00-20:00 (GMT+03)
Lviv
We explore the direction of national development, discuss how to rebuild democracy, the state, and the international order in the 21st century, and together celebrate a milestone anniversary — 145 years since the birth of the great economist Ludwig von Mises in his native city — Lviv
Conference Topics:
- The Crisis of Democracy: Economics and Institutional Immunity
- The Welfare State in Transition: From Interventionism to the Market
- The International Order, Trade Wars, and Capitalism Under Pressure
- Ukraine on the Front Line: Strategies for a Wartime and Post-War Economy
- The New Enlightenment: The Battle of Ideas, Education, and the Culture of Freedom
Conference Headline Speakers:
Christopher Lingle (USA) — Ph.D. in Economics (University of Georgia), Life Member of the Mont Pelerin Society, and Senior Research Fellow at a number of leading research institutions across the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Author of Singapore's Authoritarian Capitalism (1996).
Rainer Zitelmann (Germany) — a prominent German historian, sociologist, and entrepreneur, author of bestselling books on the financial success of millionaires and billionaires. He explores the nature of capitalism and the origins of wealth and is an outspoken advocate of the capitalist economic model and a critic of anti-capitalist views.
Marcin Chmielowski (Poland) — Ph.D. in Political Philosophy, Vice President of the Freedom and Entrepreneurship Foundation (Poland, 2012–2023), author of books and articles on libertarianism and collective intelligence. Also known as the director of Kebab. The Dish of the Poles — a film on free markets and tolerance that has garnered over 600,000 views online.
Yaroslav Romanchuk (Ukraine) — President of the International Institute for Liberty (ILI), Ukraine. A prominent Ukrainian and Belarusian economist and leading proponent of the Austrian School of Economics in the post-Soviet space. Specialises in reforms in transitional economies of the post-socialist world and is the author of Ukraine — The New West.
Format: in-person and online
Participation is free of charge
We invite scholars, academics, postgraduate students, theorists, and practitioners working in the different fields to participate in the conference.
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Reporters of the Conference
CHRISTOPHER LINGLE
PhD in Economics, Member of the Mont Pelerin Society, and Senior Research Fellow at a number of leading research institutions across the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe
RAINER ZITELMANN
PhD in History and PhD in Sociology, expert, entrepreneur, and author of over 30 books
MARCIN CHMIELOWSKI
PhD in Political Philosophy, Vice President of the Freedom and Entrepreneurship Foundation (Poland, 2012–2023)
YAROSLAV ROMANCHUK
President of the International Liberty Institute (ILI)
DMYTRO DUSHEYKO
Specialist in finance and business processes, business trainer, PhD in economics. Has 15 years of experience teaching economic theory (Ukraine).
MYKOLA BUNYK
PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Public Governance at the Institute of Governance and Business, Lviv Polytechnic National University
OLENA NESTERENKO
Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor at the Department of Economic Theory, Macro- and Microeconomics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology
OLEKSANDRA LIASHENKO
Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor at the Department of Management, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Doctor of Economics
VOLODYMYR LYPOV
Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
DMYTRO BERDNIK
PhD in International Economic Relations, Lecturer in the Ethics-Politics-Economics program, Ukrainian Catholic University
DARYA GUROVA
PhD in Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”
OLES TYTENKO
PhD in Economics, Information Management Coordinator, Danish Red Cross
VOLODYMYR MISHCHENKO
Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Head of the Digital Economy Sector, State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
BOHDAN LIASHENKO
PhD in Psychology, Senior Lecturer at the Academician I.A. Ziaziun Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of Social Systems Management, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"
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