Matthew McCaffrey is a Fellow of the Mises Institute and associate professor of entrepreneurship in the Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Angers, an MS in economics from Auburn University where he was a Mises research fellow, and a BA in literature from Colorado State University. He is also the recipient of the 2012 Richard E. Fox Foundation Research Prize, the 2010 Lawrence W. Fertig Prize in Austrian Economics, and the 2017 Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize for Excellence in Research and Teaching. His research focuses on the social and economic role of entrepreneurship, and the influence of institutions on entrepreneurial behavior. His published work covers topics such as entrepreneurial decision making, judgement strategy, and the history of entrepreneurial ideas.

Peter G. Klein is W. W. Caruth Endowed Chair, Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. He also serves as Director of the Baugh Center’s Free Enterprise Initiative.

Julian Runge is an assistant professor in the Integrated Marketing Communications program. He studies the effects of digital marketing technologies and algorithms on digital media and games. With a background in behavioral economics, he works on problems of high practical relevance in digital marketing. His research has been published in leading marketing and information systems journals, such as Information Systems Research and Marketing Letters. His paper on “Price Promotions and ‘Freemium’ App Monetization” won the 2022 best paper award of the journal Quantitative Marketing and Economics.