Karl-Friedrich Israel

Karl-Friedrich Israel is a Lecturer in Economic Sciences (HDR) at Université Catholique de l’Ouest (UCO Angers), France. He holds a PhD in Economics from UCO Angers (2017) and an HDR from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2023). His research focuses on macroeconomics, history of economic thought, and Austrian economics, with a particular emphasis on monetary policy’s societal impacts. He is affiliated with the Mises Institute (USA) and the Liberales Institut (Switzerland).

Education:

• PhD in Economics, UCO Angers, 2017
• HDR, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2023
• MSc in Applied Statistics, Oxford University
• MSc in Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Diploma in Economic Statistics, ENSAE ParisTech

Research Interests: Austrian economics, monetary theory, econometrics, and the unintended consequences of central banking. Recent work critiques inflation measurement, explores deadweight loss models, and compares monetary theories of Menger/Wieser vs. Hayek/Mises.

Awards: Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize (2021) for research and teaching excellence. Active in organizing international seminars on political economy and philosophy.

Teaching: Taught at UCO Angers, University of the Saarland (Germany), and Berlin School of Economics and Law. Courses include Political Economy, Macroeconomics, and Monetary Policy Analysis.

Labs/Teams: Member of EGEI (Équipe de Groupe de Recherche en Économie Internationale) and GRANEM (Groupe de Recherche en Analyse de la Structure Économique des Marchés).