The growing debate This latest Skousen CAFÉ – Benjamin Franklin’s Warning to America – is creating a stir:

2/2 In honor of this award, I'm happy to announce my new website:    Check it out!  I'm making an encore appearance at this year's MoneyShow at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas, and hope to see you there.  For details, go to 

After 3 major revisions, my op ed was published today in the Wall Street Journal about political diversity that has been lacking at the annual economics meetings. But now there's hope. Read it here (online only): I hope some of you can make a comment.

3/3 To gain "free access" to Saturday’s webinar, you need to email webmaster, Rene Rodriguez at: Aaiilawebmaster@gmail.com and she will send you the registration link for Saturday’s webinar. You need to email her by 6 pm Friday evening California time.

Can Trump Avoid a Recession? I just completed this short interview on Biden, inflation, recession, and the new Trump era here:  

Here is my daughter Hayley Skousen doing a backflip on ice on Good Day Orlando interview at Sea World:   She will be performing at Sea World Orlando every evening through January 4.

3/3 The response to the podcast has been so positive that the hosts are planning a part-2 interview on January 2nd. Stay tuned.

Good news. My paper, "GO Beyond GDP," which explains what my gross output (GO) is all about, has been ranked the #1 most downloaded paper by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

2/2 Be sure to check out the "general" who appears at around the 7 1/2 minute mark:

Dear friends, Surprise, surprise! The bulls vs the bears continues. Stocks outperformed gold by a long shot from 1974, when I entered the world of high finance, but then the trend reversed itself after the year 2000? Here's the story and why:  

2/2 I know Trump uses tariffs as a negotiation technique, but his rhetoric has gone far beyond that. It's clear he doesn't understand the full benefits of trade and globalization.