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“Making of Modern Economics” Translated into Polish!

December 18, 2012

I spent time with the “Anti-Bernanke” Polish central banker Les Balcerowicz when I visited Poland in June at the invitation of Jan Fijor, who has published several of my books in Polish. Along these lines, I’m happy to announce that the Polish edition of “The Making of Modern Economics” has just been published. “The Making [...]

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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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Fantastic Review of Maxims of Wall Street by Barron’s

June 7, 2012

I’m delighted to announce that Barron’s reviewed Maxims of Wall Street, my compendium of sayings, quotes and pithy witicisms about investing and the stock market, on June 2. Click here to read the complete review. My favorite quote is: ”A cogent collection of quotations from the investing giants, phrasemakers, and chroniclers on the beguiling, heartless, and [...]

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Video on “Maxims of Wall Street”

April 17, 2012

Here’s a new 4-minute video of my talking about my new book “The Maxims of Wall Street”:  http://www.moneyshow.com/video/video.asp?wid=8168&t=3&scode=027326  We’re making a special offer for those who want to buy additional copies for gifts:  You may $20 for the first copy and only $10 for each additional copy.  All copies will be autographed.  To take advantage [...]

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Making of Modern Economics #2 in Ayn Rand Institute’s Top-Ten Must Read Books in Economics

April 7, 2012

Good news.  My book, The Making of Modern Economics, now in its second edition, won recognition from the Ayn Rand Institute, which published its first “top ten must-read books in economics,”  The Making of Modern Economics was ranked second, right behind Henry Hazlitt’s classic Economics in One Lesson. I’m not complaining, since Steve Mariotti, president [...]

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Free Market Textbooks Reign!

April 5, 2012

A Special Report from APEE Meetings in Las Vegas by Mark Skousen On April 2, 2012, I moderated a panel at the annual APEE meetings in Las Vegas.  APEE (Association of Private Enterprise Education) is the gathering place of free-market academic economists, and this year a record group of 500 showed up from colleges and [...]

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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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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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Maxims of Wall Street — New Book Now Available!

June 27, 2011

AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING, ANNOUNCING AN HISTORIC FIRST… THE MAXIMS OF WALL STREET A Compilation of Financial Adages, Ancient Proverbs, and Worldly Wisdom By Mark Skousen “Bears Make Headlines, Bulls Make Money” Attention all investors, subscribers, stockbrokers and money managers! For nearly 30 years, I have been collecting all the old wise adages, [...]

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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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