Mark Brandly

He holds a PhD in economics from Auburn University, where he was a Mises Research Fellow, specializing in the areas of Public Finance, International Economics, Natural Resource Economics, and Industrial Organization. He has published articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of Commerce, Public Finance Review, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, The Free Market, various newspapers and websites. Since 2003, Dr. Brandly has taught at Ferris State University. He also taught at Ball State University and Taylor University. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the Colorado oil and gas industry managing the drilling, completion, and production of oil and gas wells.

Articles

Calculating GDP Correctly

08/12/2020 Mises Wire Mark Brandly

While gross domestic product is considered by many to be the most important statistic regarding our economic well-being, Austrian and non-Austrian economists alike have criticized it as being an...

The Feds Spend More on National-Debt Interest Than You Think

11/06/2019 Mises Wire Mark Brandly

Recently, the Treasury Department reported a 26% increase in the federal budget deficit with a 2019 deficit of $984 billion. The reported data on the budget can be misleading. You might think that a...

Don’t Give Politicians Credit for a Growing Economy

09/10/2019 Mises Wire Mark Brandly

“One of the amazing phenomena of the present election campaign is the way in which speakers and writers refer to the state of business and to the economic condition of the nation. They praise the...

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Media

The Income Tax: Lessons from the Sixteenth Amendment

05/08/2023 Mark Brandly

The passage of an income tax in the early twentieth century was an enormous shift toward a far more centralized and powerful US state.

Calculating GDP Correctly

08/20/2020 Mark Brandly

There are many reasons we should be skeptical of the GDP statistic. But it is nonetheless important to understand how it is calculated.

The Case for Free Trade

07/17/2020 Mark Brandly

Presented at Mises University 2020.

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