Dr. Mark Skousen has recently been designed “America’s Economist.” He is a Presidential Fellow and holds the Doti-Spogli Endowed Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University, where he received “My Favorite Professor” Award. In 1977, he earned his Ph. D. in economics from George Washington University. In 2018, Mr. Steve Forbes awarded him the Triple Crown in Economics for his work in theory, history, and education. He has taught economics, business and finance at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Bernard College, Mercy College, and Rollins College.  He has worked for the government (Central Intelligence Agency), non-profits (president of the Foundation for Economic Education), and been a consultant to IBM and other Fortune 500 companies. He has written often for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine, and has made regular appearances on CNBC and C-SPAN Book TV.  He is the author of over 25 books, including The Making of Modern Economics and The Maxims of Wall Street. (www.skousenbooks.com).  His latest book is The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, the World's Most Versatile Genius.  He has been editor in chief of an award-winning investment newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies, since 1980. He produces “FreedomFest, the world’s largest gathering of free minds,” every July in Las Vegas (www.freedomfest.com). Based on his work “The Structure of Production” (NYU Press, 1990), the federal government has begun publishing a broader, more accurate measure of the economy, Gross Output (GO), every quarter along with GDP (www.grossoutput.com).