Mark Skousen may be the only professional economist who wrote his Ph.D. dissertation (George Washington University, 1977) on the economics of a pure gold standard. During his distinguished career, he has established himself as one of the leading investment advisors on precious metals.

Dr. Skousen is a professional economist, investment expert, university professor, and author of over 25 books. Currently, he holds the Benjamin Franklin Chair of Management at Grantham University. In 2004-05, he taught economics and finance at the Columbia Business School and Columbia University. Since 1980, Dr. Skousen has been editor in chief of Forests & Strategies, a popular award-winning investment newsletter (www.markskousen.com). He is a former analyst for the CIA, a columnist to Forbes magazine, chairman of Investment U, and past president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in New York.

He has written for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Christian Science Monitor, and has appeared on numerous television networks including CNBC, CNN, ABC News, Fox News and, C-SPAN Book TV. Dr.Skousen’s best sellers include The Meaning of Modern Economics, Economic Logic*, Investing in One Lesson, and Economics of a Pure Gold Standard (his Ph.D. dissertation). In 2006, he compiled and edited The Completed Autobiography, by Benjamin Franklin (Regnery Publishing). To honor of his work in economics, finance, and management, Grantham University renamed its business school, “The Mark Skousen School of Business.”