Mark Skousen

Austrian-leaning economist, creator of Gross Output (GO) as an alternative to GDP, and author of The Structure of Production. Chapman University Presidential Fellow, founder of FreedomFest, editor of Forecasts & Strategies.

Central thesis: the economy is a multi-stage production structure, not a consumption machine. GDP undercounts the economy by starting measurement at final sales — GO fixes this by capturing all intermediate stages. Intellectual allies: Mises, Hayek, Böhm-Bawerk, Friedman. Chief adversary: Keynesianism and its demand-side GDP framework.