Mark Skousen

Mark Skousen
Mark Skousen
Born	Mark Andrew Skousen 1947 (age 69–70) San Diego, California
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Jo Ann
Field	Economics
School or tradition	Austrian School of Economics
Influences	Ludwig von Mises W. Cleon Skousen

Mark Andrew Skousen (born 1947) is an American economist, investment analyst, newsletter editor, college professor and author.

Skousen was born in 1947 in San Diego, California, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. He earned his B.A. and Master's degree in economics from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. in economics from George Washington University in 1977.

Conservative political commentator and survival strategist Joel Skousen and linguist Royal Skousen are his older brothers, and W. Cleon Skousen, the late conservative author, was his uncle. Skousen and his wife, Jo Ann, and their five children have lived in Washington, D.C.; Nassau, Bahamas; London, England; Orlando, Florida; and New York City.

Skousen was an economic analyst for the CIA from 1972 to 1975. He later worked as a consultant for IBM and Hutchinson Technology, and other companies. He was a columnist for Forbes magazine from 1997 to 2001, and has contributed articles to The Wall Street Journal as well as to various libertarian periodicals. He has been a speaker at investment conferences and has lectured for think tanks, From 2008-2010 he was a weekly contributor on CNBC's Kudlow & Company and has also appeared on C-SPAN Book TV and Fox News.

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