Book description
EconoPower
will provide you with a firm understanding of the influence of modern
economics and how it can be used to improve the world we live in. It
offers practical advice on numerous personal financial matters-earning,
saving, investing, and retiring-based on the breakthrough contributions
of behavioral economists. And it looks at how economists are working
successfully on issues such as public education, crime, and global
warming. EconoPower
also examines how a new economic philosophy may dominate the new
millennium.
Mark Skousen is a professional economist, investment
expert, university professor, and author of over twenty-five books. He
has taught economics at Columbia Business School, Columbia University,
and Rollins College. Currently, he holds the Benjamin Franklin Chair
of Management at Grantham University. In honor of his work in
economics, finance, and management, Grantham University renamed its
business school, "The Mark Skousen School of Business."
Since 1980, Skousen has been Editor in Chief of Forecasts &
Strategies, a popular award-winning investment newsletter (www.
markskousen. com). He is also Editor of The Worldly Philosophers Club,
a weekly e-letter (www. worldlyphilosophers. com). Skousen is a former
analyst for the CIA, a columnist for Forbes magazine, and past
president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in New York.
He earned his PhD in economics from George Washington University.
