Mark Skousen Audio

Franklin is back! With the creative assistance of a direct descendant, Ben Franklin has now finished writing his memoirs.

This is the fascinating story of opposing views that play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics, the ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.

Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is one of the greatest autobiographies of all time, but it was incomplete. Franklin ended his life's story in 1757, when he was 51. Now, at last, we get the rest of the story, in Franklin's own words.

The power of economic thinking can be explained by seven core principles, which are accountability, investments, economy, incentive, freedom of choice, nondiscrimination, and one price. By understanding and incorporating these principles, better decisions will be made on individual, corporate, and government levels.

Mark Skousen has built his impressive reputation as one of the industry’s best-known investment advisors by consistently beating the market year after year.

Saving, budgeting, and investing are keys to creating wealth— but there are many different philosophies about how to approach this essential task.

Here is a bold new history of economics, the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built a rigorous social science without peer.