Known for his sometimes outrageous, always entertaining speaking style, Mark Skousen has given many memorable speeches -- memorable both for their valuable content as well as for their occasional shocking statements or unique delivery.

Check out some of these famous speeches about putting economics to work for you in your investment portfolio:

The Crater Lake Speech ("The greatest threat to your wealth isn't the government, it's this conference!") Investing in one simple, stupid lesson What have we learned -- a 20-year review of the investment business General Patton -- New Orleans Investment Conference 20th Anniversary Puzzles and Paradoxes in Economics -- Cato Institute broadcast live by C-SPAN Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin

Mark Skousen cultivates relationships and correspondence with many of the world's foremost political, economic and business leaders. Click on these celebrities and leaders to find out what they have to say about world politics, economic growth, taxation, government regulation, America's future and the financial markets:

President Clinton Lady Margaret Thatcher David Rockefeller Steve Forbes Milton Friedman Friedrich Hayek Peter Drucker Rush Limbaugh Dan Quayle Larry King Louis Rukeyser Charlton Heston Gov. George W. Bush