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Report from AEA Meetings in San Diego: The FED = Inflation

January 24, 2013

I returned early this year from a productive trip to San Diego for the American Economic Association (AEA) meetings, where I met with several top economists, including Nobel Prize winners. One of the most popular sessions was a panel on the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve. The most shocking graph was presented by Ken [...]

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Roger Garrison and I with the Totem Pole of Economics

August 19, 2012

Roger Garrison visited me last week at my home in New York during the Austrian economics seminar at FEE. The Totem Pole of Economics Click here for the story behind the Totem Pole of Economics.  

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My Run In with the Irrepressible and Dangerous Paul Krugman in London

June 1, 2012

I’ve been in Poland and England on a very successful speaking tour — all SRO crowds.  In Poland, thanks for Jan Fijor, many of my books have been translated….In London I spoke at the Adam Smith Institute on “Austrian economics for Investors” and the Institute for Economic Affairs on “Hayek vs. Keynes:  Who’s On Top?”  [...]

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Major Interview with Mark Skousen on His Life and Works in Economics, Finance and the Freedom Movement

July 15, 2011

BETWEEN CHICAGO AND VIENNA: INTERVIEW WITH MARK SKOUSEN Mark Skousen is an American economist, investment analyst, newsletter editor, college professor and author of more than 25 non-fiction books. AR: Professor Skousen… Thank you for this opportunity to let us know a little more about yourself. Please, explain the context in which you grew up in [...]

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A Great Opportunity For Austrian Economists at the AEA Meetings

January 9, 2011

On January 7-8, I attended the American Economic Association (AEA) meetings in Denver, Colorado.  Usually around 10,000 economists attend this annual conference. I substituted for Tyler Cowen, who was supposed to be one of the panelists for a session entitled, ”What’s Wrong (and Right) with Economics?  Implications of the Financial Crisis.” Cowen’s assigned topic was “Lessons [...]

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Dr Mark Skousen’s Five Questions for President Obama

November 28, 2010

Dr. Mark Skousen’s Five Questions for President Obama and How Free-Market Thinking Can Build a Better Future The Daily Bell is pleased to publish an exclusive interview with the distinguished free-market scholar and economist Dr. Mark Skousen Introduction: Dr. Skousen taught economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in 2004. In 2001- 02, he [...]

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Consumer Spending Doesn’t Drive the Economy, Investment Does

May 17, 2010

The Freeman Foundation for Economic Education May 17, 2010 “Consumer spending makes up more than 70 percent of the economy, and it usually drives growth during economic recoveries.” –“Consumers Give Boost to Economy,”  New York Times, May 1 Every quarter, when the government releases its latest GDP figures, we hear the familiar refrain: “What the [...]

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Brother, Can You Spare a Decade?

May 1, 2009

Perspective – Liberty Magazine – May 2009 Brother, Can You Spare a Decade? by Mark Skousen Few things other than a New Deal can be more painful than an economic depression. But few eras were more vital and enjoyable than the private side of the last one. One of the rare books in my financial [...]

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The Necessary Evil

August 26, 2008

Suggestion – Liberty Magazine The Necessary Evil by Mark Skousen Today libertarians spend most of their time lamenting the consequences of big government. And rightly so. Today government is less a defender of freedom and more a Hobbesian leviathan that undermines prosperity. When we do talk about limited government, it is often seen solely as [...]

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The World Map of Economic Freedom

June 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies June 2002 “Economic repression breeds intolerance, fanaticism and terrorism.” — Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr., Heritage Foundation I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this unusual map of the world. “The World Map of Economic Freedom” was published by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal before the terrorist [...]

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