Economics, Growth and Prosperity | Summer Seminar 2025

Joshua Rauh

Joshua Rauh is the Ormond Family Professor of Finance at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He leads Hoover's Fiscal Policy Initiative and State and Local Governance Initiative.

Gale Pooley

Gale L. Pooley is an economist and author who teaches U.S. economic history at Utah Tech University. His work focuses on abundance, time prices, innovation, and long-term improvements in human well-being.

Jennifer Schulp

Jennifer J. Schulp was Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. Her work focuses on securities regulation, capital markets, and financial-market policy.

Michael Sarel

Dr. Michael Sarel is one of Israel’s leading economists and the head of the Kohelet Economic Forum. He previously served as Chief Economist and Director of State Revenue, Research and International Affairs at Israel’s Ministry of Finance, where he helped shape national fiscal policy and provided economic analysis to senior government decision-makers. His career spans senior research and advisory roles at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Bank of Israel and the Ministry of Finance, as well as leadership of the Economics and Research Department at Harel Insurance and Finance Group.

Dr. Sarel holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University, where he also served as a teaching fellow, and a bachelor’s degree in economics and computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. An accomplished researcher and policy expert, his work addresses economic growth, productivity, inflation, taxation, fiscal and monetary policy, income distribution and the Israeli economy. He has authored influential research for the IMF and continues to publish policy studies and contribute to public debate on economic reform, financial competition, taxation and long-term prosperity.

Douglas Irwin

Douglas Irwin is John French Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Clashing over Commerce and Free Trade Under Fire and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Naomi Krieger-Carmy

Naomi Krieger-Carmy is associated with Remedy CoLab and is a former senior executive at the Israel Innovation Authority. Her work focuses on innovation policy, health technology, and Israel’s technology ecosystem.

Amir Shavit

Amir Shavit is Chairman of the Israel Electricity Authority. His work focuses on electricity markets, energy regulation, infrastructure, and the future of Israel’s power sector.

Albert Dov Friedberg

Albert Dov Friedberg is Founder and Chairman of Friedberg Mercantile Group. He is associated with the Friedberg Economics Institute’s philanthropic and educational work advancing economic freedom.

Maayan Grinshpon

Maayan Grinshpon is an economist at the Israel Competition Authority. Her work focuses on competition policy, market analysis, and economic regulation.

Jonathan Schwartz

Jonathan Schwartz is Senior Vice President and Head of the Non-Life Actuarial Department at Harel Insurance. His work focuses on insurance markets, actuarial analysis, risk, and financial regulation.

Asaf Wexler

Asaf Wexler is associated with Sphera Fund and formerly led the housing team in the Budget Department of Israel’s Ministry of Finance. His work focuses on housing policy, public budgeting, and capital markets.