FreedomFest 2026

Mark Skousen is an economist, investor, and educator known for bridging academic theory and real-world markets. He is the founder and producer of FreedomFest and has spent decades advancing the case for free markets, entrepreneurship, and sound money.

A former professor at Columbia Business School and current professor at Chapman University, Skousen has authored more than 25 books on economics, history, and liberty. His latest book, The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin — The Most Versatile Mind of His Era, reframes Franklin... Read More →

Michael Egnor is a practicing neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery at Stony Brook University. With decades of experience operating on the human brain, he has become an unexpected and prominent voice in the debate over consciousness, the mind, and the limits of materialism.

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