Great Economics

Free-Market Economists on the Defensive at AEA Meeting in Chicago

January 11, 2012

“The big cannon should be fiscal policy [more deficit spending].” — Peter Diamond, Nobel Prize Economist and New Fed Member Every year I attend (and sometimes speak) at the American Economic Association (AEA) meetings, where the top economists meet and present papers on current issues. In the past, I’ve confronted Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, government [...]

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New Interview with Mark Skousen and His Major Works

August 18, 2011

Adrián Ravier, a professor of economics at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala and the National University of La Pampa in Argentina, has just completed a major interview with me on my life and contributions to economics, finance and the freedom movement.  It will appear in the third volume of “LA ESCUELA AUSTRIACA DESDE ADENTRO: Historias [...]

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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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Adam Smith Reveals His (Invisible) Hand!

March 9, 2011

Today is the anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s most famous work,  ”The Wealth of Nations” (March 9, 1776). To celebrate this important day, I’ve written an article for FEE on Dan Klein’s discovery about the “deliberate centrality” of the invisible hand in Smith’s work, and what it all means: www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/invisible-hand-middle/ It will appear in print in [...]

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Three Uses for “The Making of Modern Economics”

February 20, 2011

Three uses for my award-winning book, The Making of Modern Economics: Since winning the Choice Book Award for Outstanding Academic Title, my book has been translated into Spanish, given away to all the board members of a major Russian corporation, and read as a main selection of the Boulder Book Club and the Show-Me Institute [...]

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Cobden Centre on Skousen Economics Contributions

February 9, 2011

The Cobden Centre is the world’s largest international website devoted to “honest money and social progress” based in London and founded by Toby Baxendale, the libertarian businessman who funds the annual Hayek chair at the London School of Economics. They have just published a paper by Prof. Ken Schoolland (Hawaii Pacific University) on my contributions to economics: ”Mark Skousen’s [...]

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New Edition of “Economics of a Pure Gold Standard”

January 27, 2011

Great News! Just released:  A new 4th edition of “The Economics of a Pure Gold Standard,” with a new introduction, by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).  This edition tells why more central banks fear the dollar as a reserve currency and are buying gold. To obtain a copy, go to amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Pure-Gold-Standard-Skousen/dp/1453753087/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_7 Only $12 [...]

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The Making of Modern Economics Wins 2009 Choice Award

January 22, 2010

My book The Making of Modern Economics has just won the Choice Book Award for Outstanding Academic Title for 2009. Choice is the reviewing journal for academic libraries. I was delighted by this surprise announcement, especially for a 2nd edition! Some of the unique characteristics of The Making of Modern Economics: 1. A major critique of Karl Marx’s [...]

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Book Review: The Making of Modern Economics

August 24, 2009

From an online book review on BillyBush.Net: I recently finished “The Making of Modern Economics” by Mark Skousen.  I found this book quite intriguing.  It provides a powerful foundation and historical background to economic thought by offering the histories of the individuals that most contributed to modern schools of economics and public policy. Read more: [...]

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Was the Great Depression Good for Us?

April 14, 2009

From Human Events “Everything was all right in those years, but only if you had a job.” ~ Grandmother of Amity Shlaes in The Forgotten Man Can the worst of times also be the best of times? When we think of the Great Depression of the 1930s, we are quick to recall the soup lines, [...]

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