- Chair: Karl-Friedrich Israel, Western Catholic University/Saarland University
- Douglas E. French, Mises Institute, “The Panic of 1857 through the Austrian Lens”
- Patrick Newman, Florida Southern College, “Was There a ‘Long Depression’ or Multiple Depressions in the Post–Civil War Era?”
- Christian D. Tolino, Conshohocken, MD, “Double Entry Bookkeeping and the Industrial Revolution”