Vienna & Chicago, Friends Or Foes?: A Tale of Two Schools of Free-Market Economics

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Skyhorse Publishing, 2005 - Business & Economics - 306 pages
Is the bridge between the Austrian and Chicago schools coming together or moving apart?

In Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes? economist and author Mark Skousen debates the Austrian and Chicago schools of free-market economics, which differ in monetary policy, business cycle, government policy, and methodology. Both have played a successful role in advancing classic free-market economics and countering the critics of capitalism during crucial times and the battle of ideas. But, which of the two is correct in its theories?

About the author (2005)

Mark Skousen has been editor in chief of the investment newsletter Forecasts & Strategies since 1980. He was an analyst for the CIA, a columnist to Forbes magazine, chairman of Investment U, past president of the Foundation for Economic Education, and the producer of FreedomFest.

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