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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 theories of [...]

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The Art of Letting Go

March 1, 2007

Tranquility
Liberty Magazine
March 2007
by Mark Skousen
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”— Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Would you do me a favor? Find an easy chair, or better yet, go outside to a secluded spot and read this essay at your leisure.
Ever since my family and [...]

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A Year of Miracles — 1776

August 2, 2002

Personal Snapshots
Forecasts & Strategies
August 2002
Call 1-800-USA-1776 and Receive a FEE Gift!
“The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind.”
— Tom Paine, Common Sense (1776)
Good news! We have just acquired two of the most memorable toll-free numbers for FEE: 800/USA-1776 and 888/USA-1776. We wish to thank Terry and Sue Easton of California [...]

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The Origin of the 21-Gun Salute

July 4, 2002

Personal Snapshots
Forecasts & Strategies
July 2002
“Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anyone see what I see?”
— George Washington, 1776
The 21-gun salute is considered the highest expression of honor and respect, given to recognize the presence or the passing of a great military hero or political leader. What is the origin of the 21-gun salute? In [...]

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One Capitalist’s Advice: Attract Attention!

November 1, 2001

November 2001
From the President’s Desk
Ideas on Liberty
by Mark Skousen
“Individualism, private property, the law of accumulation of wealth, and the law of competition . . . are the highest result of human experience, the soil in which society, so far, has produced the best fruit.” —ANDREW CARNEGIE’
A few days after my move to New York, I [...]

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This Icon of Capitalism Had the Answers

October 1, 2001

October 2001
PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS
Forecasts & Strategies
by Mark Skousen
“The business career is a stern school of all the virtues. The business man pursues fortune.”— Andrew Carnegie
After moving to New York last month to become the president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), I took the opportunity to pay my respects to an icon of capitalism, Andrew [...]

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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 Rise and Fall of an American Icon

August 26, 2000

Forecasts & Strategies
Personal Snapshots
August 2000
by Mark Skousen
“The Chief didn’t believe in the Protestant ethic or trust in Poor Richard’s aphorisms. A penny saved might be a penny earned, but a penny borrowed was worth even more.”
- David Nasaw, author The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
In the past year, I’ve had the chance of [...]

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