Mark [Andrew] Skousen, né en 1947, est un économiste, conseiller financier et professeur d'université. Il est l'auteur de plus de 20 livres. En 2004, il a rejoint l'université de Columbia (Graduate School of Business) pour enseigner l'économie au Columbia's Barnard College. Entre 2001 et 2002, il fut le président de la Foundation for Economic Education[1] (FEE) à New York et entre 1986 et 2003, il enseigna l'économie, la finance et l'histoire au Rollins College à Winter Park, en Floride. Durant 25 ans, Mark Skousen fut le rédaceur en chef de la revue 'Forecasts & Strategies', lettre financière. il fut également un analyste économique pour la CIA et consultant à IBM.
Il a obtenu ses premiers diplômes d'économie à Brigham Young University et son doctorat en histoire économique et monétaire à l'université George Washington. Plutôt orienté vers la macro-économie, il est toutefois affilié à l'école autrichienne d'économie.
En 2005, Mark Skousen s'interroge pourquoi les disciples de l'école autrichienne et de l'école de Chicago sont en désaccord alors que les deux courants sont des « pieux croyants de la liberté du marché et de l'esprit d'entreprise ». L'auteur retrace la montée en force de ces deux écoles dans les mêmes circonstances dans des périodes différentes, c'est-à-dire au milieu de la crise de la théorie économique, période où le modèle classique d'Adam Smith faisait face aux défis sans précédent de la critique du capitalisme. Pour l'école autrichienne, leur puissance s'est manifestée à contrer la menace marxiste à la fin du XIXe siècle, alors que l'École de Chicago a contré les politiques social-démocrates keynésienne à la fin du XXe siècle.
Mais, de nombreux désaccords existent entre ces deux approches sur la plan méthodologique, sur la théorie monétaire, sur le cycle économique, sur la théorie du capital, sur le modèle macro-économique et sur l'extension du gouvernement dans un économie de marché.
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- ↑ Il fut précédé, à ce poste, par Donald J. Boudreaux
De 1977 à 1989
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- 1977, "Playing the Price Controls Game", New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers
- 1979, "Mark Skousen's Complete Guide to Financial Privacy", Kephart Communications Inc.
- 1980, The 100 Percent Gold Standard: Economics of a Pure Money Commodity, Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, Inc.
- 1983, "The Complete Guide to Financial Privacy", New York: Simon and Schuster
- 1986,
- a. Understanding the Business Cycle, The Free Market, Juin, pp1,4,5,6
- b. "Investments. Penny Stocks, Dollar Profits", Reason Magazine, avril, p42
- 1988,
- a. Murray Rothbard as Investment Advisor, In: Walter Block et Llewellyn H. Rockwell, dir., Man, Economy and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard, Auburn, AL: Auburn University, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Ch 12, pp151-174
- b. Saving the Depression : A New Look at World War II, The Review of Austrian Economics, Vol 2, pp211-226
De 1990 à 1999
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- 1990, "The Structure of Production", New York and London: New York University Press
- 1991, "Economics on Trial", McGraw Hill
- 1992,
- a. dir., Dissent on Keynes – A Critical Appraisal of Keynesian Economics, New York: Praeger
- b. Keynes and the Anti-saving Mentality, In: Mark Skousen, dir., Dissent on Keynes: A Critical Appraisal of Keynesian Economics. New York: Praeger, pp89-116
- c. This Trumpet Gives an Uncertain Sound: The Free- Market Response to Keynesian Economics, In: Mark Skousen, dir., Dissent on Keynes: A Critical Appraisal of Keynesian Economics. New York: Praeger
- d. Keynes as a Speculator: A Critique of Keynesian Investment Theory , In: Mark Skousen, dir., Dissent on Keynes: A Critical Appraisal of Keynesian Economics. New York: Praeger
- e. Crowding Out, In: John W. Robbins et Mark Spangler, dir., A Man of Principle: Essays in Honor of Hans F. Sennholz, Grove City, PA: Grove City College Press
- 1993, Who predicted the 1929 crash?, In: Jeffrey Herberner, dir., The meaning of Ludwig von Mises, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam
- 1994,
- a. The Great Depression, In: Peter Boettke, dir., The Elgar Comparion to Austrian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, Northampton, MA, USA, pp431-439
- b. Correction, Please! Will Keynes Ever Die?, The Freeman, Avril, Vol 44, n°4
- c. Correction, Please!, The Freeman, Mai, Vol 44, n°5
- d. Correction, Please! Is This the Age of Ignorance Or Enlightenment?, The Freeman, June, Vol 44, n°6
- e. Correction, Please! An Ignoble Prize in Economics, The Freeman, July, Vol 44, n°7
- f. Correction, Please!, The Freeman, August, Vol 44, n°8
- g. I'm All for Free Trade, But..., The Freeman, Octobre
- 1995,
- a. "Scrooge Investing", Little Brown
- Nouvelle édition en 1999, McGraw Hill
- b. "Austrian Economics for Investors: Ludwig von Mises Goes to Wall Street", London: Pickering and Chatto
- c. “The New Dollar Boom”, Forecasts & Strategies, Potomac, Md.: Phillips Publishing
- d. "Economics on Trial-European Unemployment: The Age of Ignorance, Part II. A mystery is not so mysterious after all", The Freeman, January, Vol 45, n°1, pp54-55
- e. "Economics on Trial: Who's Right About Hayek? Austrians versus monetarists", The Freeman, February, Vol 45, n°2, pp130-131
- f. "Friedman Challenges Hayek. The debate continues", The Freeman, March, Vol 45, n°3, pp190-191
- g. "Friedman vs. The Austrians, Part II: Was There an Inflationary Boom in the 1920s?", The Freeman, April, Vol 45, n°4
- h. $4,000 A Month From Social Security?, The Freeman, June, Vol 45, n°6
- i. "Sorry, Charley, But That's Not Capitalism!", The Freeman, Vol 45, n°7
- j. Economics of Trial, The Freeman, October, Vol 45, n°10
- k. Economics on Trial, The Freeman, November, Vol 45, n°11
- l. Economics on Trial, The Freeman, December, Vol 45, n°12
- 1996,
- a. "Economics of a Pure Gold Standard", New York: The Foundation for Economic Education.
- b. "Good News: Textbook Macro Model Rejected!", The Freeman, Janvier, Vol 46, n°1, pp54-55
- c. "Another Shocking Reversal in Macroeconomics", The Freeman, Février, Vol 46, n°2, pp116-117
- d. What Do You Make of This Graph?, The Freeman, March, Vol 46, n°3
- e. "Who Deserved the Nobel Prize?", The Freeman, Vol 46, n°4, avril, pp238-240
- f. Civilization Held Together by Persuasion, Not Force, Religion and Liberty, Vol 6, n°3, May-June
- g. “One Graph Says It All”, The Freeman, May, Vol 46, n°5, pp320-321
- h. "Who Is Henry Spearman?", The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, June, Vol 46, n°6, pp461-462
- i. How Real Is the Asian Economic Miracle?, The Freeman, July, Vol 446, n°7
- j. "Why Wages Rise", The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, August, Vol 46, n°8, pp584-586
- k. "New Keynesians Finally Reject Keynes's General Theory", The Freeman, septembre, Vol 46, n°9, pp639-641
- l. "Classical Economists, Good or Bad?", The Freeman, Octobre, Vol 46, n°10, pp706-707
- m. "Single Policy Change - Double Economic Growth?", The Freeman, November, Vol 46, n°11, pp767-768
- n. "Austrians vs. The Chicago School : Part III", The Freeman, December, Vol 46, n°12, pp836-837
- 1997,
- a. "Puzzles and Paradoxes in Economics", Edward Elgar Publishers
- b. The Perseverance of Paul Samuelson’s Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol 11, n°2, Spring
- c. "Economics in One Page", The Freeman, January, Vol 47, n°1, pp50-51
- d. Wards of the State? The Welfare State Has Pernicious Effects, The Freeman, June, Vol 47, n°6
- e. "The Mysteries of the Great Depression Finally Solved. Friedman, Higgs, and Other Scholars Have Disproven Commonly Held Views", The Freeman, Juillet, Vol 47, n°7
- 1998,
- a. Vienna and Chicago: A Tale of Two Schools, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, February, Vol 48, n°2
- b. How Real Is the Asian Economic Miracle? A Reprise. The Asian Crisis Is Forcing Southeast Asian Countries to Adopt Free-Market Capitalism, The Freeman, April, Vol 48, n°4
- c. Free Marketers Miss Opportunity at AEA Meetings. Mainstream Economists Dominate the Discussions, The Freeman, April, Vol 48, n°4
- d. "Today's Most Influential Economist?", The Freeman, Mai, Vol 48, n°5
- e. A Golden Comeback, Part I. Is Gold Really Dead?, The Freeman, September, Vol 48, n°9
De 2000 à 2009
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- 2000,
- a. Economic Logic, Capital Press
- b. "A much deserved triumph in supply-side economics", The Freeman, février, vol 50, n°2, pp48-49
- c. What It Takes to Be an Objective Scholar. The Best Intellectuals Admit When They're Wrong, The Freeman, April, Vol 50, n°4
- 2001,
- a. The Making of Modern Economics, M. E. Sharpe
- b. Evaluation: Ayn Rand's screwball economics, Liberty, Vol 15, n°1, January, pp39-40
- c. "The Imperial Science", The Freeman, Vol 51, n°1, Janvier
- d. Your One-Stop Source for Sound Economics. A Brief Review of Economics Dictionaries, The Freeman, February, Vol 51, n°2
- e. "Social Security Reform: Lessons from the Private Sector. Congress Could Learn a Great Deal from Corporate America's Reform of Pension Funds", The Freeman, Mars, Vol 51, n°3
- f. "Beyond GDP: A Breakthrough in National Income Accounting. Gross Domestic Output Accurately Includes Total Spending in the Economy, Not Just Final Output", The Freeman, Avril, Vol 51, n°4
- g. "It All Started with Adam Smith. First Explained How Competition Transforms Self-Interest into the Common Good", The Freeman, Mai, Vol 51, n°5
- h. Pulling Down the Keynesian Cross, The Freeman, Juin, Vol 51, n°6
- i. "Where Are the Best Schools in Austrian Economics? Where to Go for Libertarian-Friendly Higher Education", The Freeman, Juillet, Vol 51, n°7
- j. "Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? Socialist Interventionism Prevents Economic Prosperity", The Freeman, Août, Vol 51, n°8
- k. "I Like Hayek. Who Better to Lead Economics into the 21st Century?", The Freeman, Septembre, Vol 51, n°9
- l. "FEE's Goal: From Candlestick to Lighthouse. A Message from FEE's New President", The Freeman, Octobre, Vol 51, n°10
- m. "One Capitalist's Advice: Attract Attention! The Spirit of Andrew Carnegie Lives at FEE", The Freeman, Novembre, Vol 51, n°11
- 2005,
- a. {https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780895260291 "Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes?"], Washington, DC: Capital Press/Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
- b. The Completed Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Regnery
- c. The Necessary Evil, Liberty, Septembre, Vol 19, n°9, pp32-34
- 2008,
- a. "CLASSICAL ECONOMICS", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp71-73
- b. "RICARDO, DAVID (1772–1823)", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp433-434
- c. "EconoPower: How a new generation of economists is transforming the world", Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
Depuis 2010
Littérature secondaire
- 1990, David Levy, commentaire du livre de Mark Skousen, "Economics on Trial: Lies, Myths, and Realities", The Federal reserve bank of Mineapolis Review, November
- 1996, Robert Batemarco, Commentaire du livre de, Mark Skousen, "Austrian Economics for Investors", et de la 3ème édition révisée de "Economics of a Pure Gold Standard", The Freeman, December, Vol 46, n°12, pp843-844
- 2001,
- Paul A. Cleveland, Commentaire du livre de Mark Skousen, "Economic Logic", The Freeman, Mars, Vol 51, n°3
- Alexander Tabarrok, "Misunderstanding Rand", Liberty magazine, février, Vol 15, n°2, p4
- Leland B. Yeager, "Mark Skousen's Strange Economics", Liberty magazine, février, Vol 15, n°2, p2
- 2006, Pedro Garcia Duarte, commentaire du livre de Mark Skousen, Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes? A Tale of Two Schools of Free-Market Economics, EH.Net Economic History Services, 1er mars
- 2010, Craufurd D. Goodwin, commentaire du livre de Mark Skousen, "The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers", Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol 32, n°2, pp287-289
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