10/24/2025
Mark Skousen's 2001 book, The Making of Modern Economics [now in its 4th edition--MAS], was reviewed favorably by William F. Buckley, Jr. himself. It led Skousen to a guest lecture and then to a regular lecturing gig at Columbia Business Schhol. Now, deans of college of history should take note: Skousen's newest book, The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, the World's Most Versatile Genius (Republic Books, 320 pages), is an anthology of 80 short, highly readable, carefully researched, candid, dutifully reverent but oily or obsequious, thematically organized essays on the old sage. Franklin the investor and inventor, Franklin the philanthropist and philanderer, Franklin the patriot and cosmopolitan, Franklin the swimmer and lifter of weights. From a chapter on misquotation, I learned that the seasoned epicure never said that "beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." He preferred Madeira port. -- Vahaken Mouradian, NR book editor
Now available as hardback, Kindle, and audiobook at The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, The World's Most Versatile Genius: Skousen, Mark: 9781645721000: Amazon.com: Books
or autographed by the author with a rare Franklin stamp at http://www.skousenbooks.com.