The best brief in economics I’ve ever read
Dear friends in liberty, I want to tell you about an essay I wrote earlier this year that is suddenly getting a lot of…
ADAM SMITH AND THE MAKING OF MODERN ECONOMICS
(This paper is an expanded version of the first Adam Smith Lecture presented on September 24, 2018, at the Panmure House, Edinburgh, Scotland, sponsored…
Steve Forbes awards Mark Skousen a Triple Crown in Economics
Chapman Presidential Scholar Awarded Triple Crown in Economics Announced on July 23, 2018 Chapman University (Orange, California): Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of…
If GDP Lags, Watch the Economy GO
The Bureau of Economic Analysis will release its preliminary first-quarter growth figure on Friday. According to the Atlanta Fed consensus tracker, economists are predicting…
“Economic Logic” by Mark Skousen is available
SQUARING THE MISES CIRCLE “Eureka! Skousen has done the impossible. Students love it! I will never go back to another textbook.” – Professor Harry Veryser,…
MARK SKOUSEN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMICS By Ken Schoolland, Hawaii Pacific University
“If I have been able to see farther than others, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” — Sir Isaac Newton…
Federal Government Introduces a New Macro Statistic: A Triumph in Supply-side “Austrian” Economics and Say’s Law
Mark Skousen, The Structure of Production. New York University Press. Third revised edition, 2015, 402 pages. $26 paperback. Available on Kindle. To buy…
Beyond GDP: Get Ready For A New Way To Measure The Economy
“A balanced Input-Output framework…provides a more accurate and consistent picture of the U. S. economy.” – Survey of Current Business Starting in spring 2014,…
FreedomFest 2013, Las Vegas
Cobden Centre readers based in the US, along with those who fancy a visit, are invited to … FreedomFest, July 10-13, 2013: Just think…
Will the real Adam Smith please stand up
“Adam Smith had one overwhelmingly important triumph: he put into the center of economics the systematic analysis of the behavior of individuals pursuing their…