Known as the "maverick" of economics for his contrarian and optimistic views, his sometimes-outrageous statements and predictions, Mark Skousen is a college professor, prolific author and world-renowned speaker. He's made his unique sense of market and investment trends known and respected in the financial world. With a Ph.D. in economics and a focus on the principles of free-market capitalism and "Austrian" economics, Mark Skousen has often gone contrary to the crowd in his investment choices and economic predictions -- and has often been proved right.

His more unusual predictions include:

• Forecasting in the early 1980s that "Reaganomics will work!"
• Sending a special alert to subscribers of Forecasts & Strategies to "Sell all stocks and mutual funds" on Sept. 8, 1987, just six weeks before the 1987 Stock Market Crash
• Calling for the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of Soviet Communism
• Predicting of the biggest bull market on Wall Street in the 20th century -- the 1990s

Mark Skousen has built a reputation for not only accurately identifying the right economic and political trends, but also the right investments for the times.

An almost idealistic proponent of liberty and political freedom, Mark Skousen is actively involved in some of the most prestigious free-market and liberty think tanks in the world. He frequently speaks and writes articles for organizations such as the Cato Institute, the Foundation for Economic Education, the Libertarian Party, the Council for National Policy and the Mt. Pelerin Society. You can read many of those articles or listen to some of his speeches.

Contact Mark Skousen

Email: mskousen@mskousen.com
Mail: Mark Skousen
         c/o Eagle Publishing Inc.
         One Massachusetts Ave. NW
         Washington, DC 20001
         1-800-211-7661
         www.markskousen.com

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Biography

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Favorite Quotes

"The price of being right is being wrong for a while." -- Anonymous

"The man who is a bear on the future of the United States will always go broke." -- J.P. Morgan (1895)

"You can judge a man by the books in his library." -- Mark Skousen

"No nation was ever ruined by trade." -- Benjamin Franklin