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Economic History

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.

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A Year of Miracles — 1776

August 2, 2002

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“The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind.”
— Tom Paine, Common Sense (1776)
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Where Are the Best Schools in Austrian Economics?

July 1, 2001

Ideas On Liberty
Economics on Trial
July 2001
by Mark Skousen
“We must raise and train an army of fighters for freedom.”
—F. A. Hayek
Frequently students or parents approach me at investment or economics conferences with the question, “Can you recommend an undergraduate or graduate program in free-market economics?” With the explosive interest in a degree in economics, it’s [...]

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Pulling Down the Keynesian Cross

June 1, 2001

Ideas On Liberty
Economics on Trial
June 2001
by Mark Skousen
“The circle had come right round; it was as though Keynes had never been.”
-Robert Skidelsky1
“Textbooks have to be rewritten in the aftermath of each scientific revolution.”
-Thomas S. Kuhn2
In his third and final volume on John Maynard Keynes, Robert Skidelsky comes to the shocking conclusion that the Keynesian [...]

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It All Started with Adam

May 1, 2001

Ideas On Liberty
Economics on Trial
May 2001
by Mark Skousen
Adam Smith, that is. Having just completed writing a history of economics,1 I have concluded that, despite the protestations of Murray Rothbard and other detractors, the eighteenth-century moral philosopher and celebrated author of The Wealth of Nations deserves to be named the founding father of modern economics.
The [...]

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The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, Updated

November 1, 2000

Economics on Trial
Ideas on Liberty
November 2000
by Mark Skousen
“In [...]

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Having Their Cake

October 1, 2000

Economics on Trial
Ideas on Liberty
October 2000
Having Their Cake
by Mark Skousen
“The duty of ’saving’ became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth [...]

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A Much-Deserved Triumph in Supply-Side Economics

February 2, 2000

Economics on Trial
IDEAS ON LIBERTY
February 2000
by Mark Skousen
“After occupying center stage during the 1980s, the supply-side approach to economics disappeared when Ronald Reagan left office.” – Paul Samuelson (1)
Until Robert Mundell won the Nobel Prize in 1999, supply-side economics had been a school without honor among professional economists. Established textbook writers such as Paul [...]

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Economics for the 21st Century

January 1, 2000

Economics on Trial
IDEAS ON LIBERTY
January 2000
Economics for the 21st Century
by Mark Skousen
“Nature [...]

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