New! The Making of Modern Economics:
The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers
Here is a bold, new account of the lives and ideas of the great economists--Adam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, and many others--all written by a top free-market economist. Presented in an entertaining and persuasive style, Professor Mark Skousen tells a powerful story of economics, with dozens of anecdotes, illustrations
and photographs of the great economic thinkers.

"A story rarely told....It's unputdownable!"
--Mark Blaug (University of Amsterdam), author of Economic Theory in
Retrospect

"One of the most original books ever published in economics."
--Richard Swedberg (University of Stockholm),
author of Schumpeter: A Biography

"Provocative, engaging, anything but dismal!"
--N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard University)

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New! The New Scrooge Investing
A brand-new update to the first successful edition, Scrooge Investing. This excellent guide covers online investing and gives over 150 tips on finding undervalued investing opportunities, getting great discounts, getting the best for less, and cutting the costs of money. Jody Brennan of CBS News Watch calls it "the most useful book I've ever read!"

"Mark Skousen's tenacious and hard-driving personality is the wonder of the investment world." -- Peter Brimelow, Senior Editor, Forbes

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Economic Logic

The micro portion of my free-market textbook is now available. I present economic concepts in a revolutionary way -- the textbook begins with the profit-loss statement, for example. Each chapter is supported with real world examples, biographies of pertinent economists and recommended reading.

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High Finance on a Low Budget
Co-authored with wife Jo Ann Skousen, this book is in its seventh edition and is an excellent primer on getting started in investing. A main selection of the Money Book Club.

Puzzles & Paradoxes in Economics
Co-authored with fellow Rollins College professor of economics, Kenna C. Taylor, the book attempts to explain 46 puzzles in economic life, such as why does bad economic news often cause stock prices to rise? Why do some grocery items such as catsup, peanut butter and tuna sell for more per ounce in larger sizes?