Mark Skousen

Dear friends, A hundred years ago, in 1920, the great author and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem, Gods of the Copybook Headings. He was referring to the proverbs or maxims often drawn from sermons, almanacs, and scriptures extolling virtue and wisdom [Read More...] Ezra Taft Bensons Remarks at FEE Headquarters in New York, May 1977 In 2001-02, I... served as president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), the oldest free-market educational institution in the United States. When I arrive I felt at home immediately when I saw the photographs of three members of my faith who had [Read More...] This article was originally published on the FreedomFest Forum on October 10, 2020. The year 2020 has been anything but a year of seeing clearly. It has been characterized by uncertainty, divisiveness, and conflicting views. In the January prediction [Read More...] Dear friends, Good news! For the first time, the federal government (BEA) has released the "top line" gross output (GO) at the same time as the "bottom line" GDP. For years, publicly-traded companies have simultaneously posted the top line [Read More...] Here are two examples of how private economic research firms are using gross output (GO) to analyze and predict the future of the economy, growth and the markets. David Ranson, chief economist, HCWE, Inc. (formerly H. C. Wainwright Economics). [Read More...] Despite First Decline in More Than a Decade for Q1, Gross Output (GO) Might Still Offer Hope for a Robust Recovery in Late 2020 Washington, DC (Tuesday, July 7, 2020): On July 6, 2020, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that gross output (GO) the most comprehensive measure of total spending in the economy, including the supply chain slowed dramatically in the [Read More...] Dear friends, My publisher, Salem Eagle, has just posted my special 40th Anniversary Report, Seven Golden Lessons: An Editors Perspective After 40 Years. It contains all the valuable lessons Ive learned in 40 years on Wall Street. Since starting my [Read ...Read More