About Mark Skousen
Mark Skousen
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. He is also the producer of FreedomFest, an annual conference held in Las Vegas (the country’s most libertarian city!) and billed as the world’s largest gathering of free minds on liberty. You can visit www.freedomfest.com for more information.
Learn more about Mark Skousen on Wikipedia or follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
Other websites:
www.markskousen.com
www.freedomfest.com
www.freemarkethalloffame.com
Email at mskousen@mskousen.com.
Mail:
Mark Skousen
c/o Eagle Publishing Inc.
One Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
1-800-211-7661
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Hi, this webpage has a link to Amazon for the 3rd Edition of Economic Logic but Amazon only has the 2nd available and a search at Amazon for the 3rd yields no results. Please advise.
Thx for what you do.
I think I want to attend your conference but have a question. When you state “purely egalitarian” by that do you mean: You support socialism, communism, anarchism, left-libertarianism, and progressivism, all of which propound economic, political, and legal egalitarianism, respectively.
I did not realize Reagan, Hayek or Mises had this view. I also do not see how this is a “freedomfest” if your view of freedom is that I should sacrifice my life for another? Please direct me to a source that I might understand what I have misunderstood.
Kind Regards,
C
My husband and I attended this year’s Freedomfest and absolutely loved it! We plan to attend next year.
We were not able to purchase a DVD of Mr. Forbes speech of “How Capitalism Will Save Us”. Can you give us any information on how to obtain a copy?
Keep fighting for freedom!!!
Kind Regards,
Leslie Damiano
Mr. Skousen,
In reading your book Econopower, you have immediately captured my interest and renewed a flare or spark if you will for the subject of Economics.
A most enjoyable read packed with solid information.
Thank you for your service.
Sincerely,
Michael
Please contact the folks at customer service at http://www.markskousen.com, which services my Forecasts & Strategies newsletter. Best of luck to you! AEIOU, MSkousen
Please contact the folks at http://www.markskousen.com — they will be able to help you with this.
Cheers,
MSkousen.com
Hi Mark,
I was just watching you on NBR on PBS. You mentioned that unemployment is high, in part, because of minimum wage laws. You realize minimum wage is around $7.50 an hour, right? What you would like to see it be?
Chris
Mr. Skousen, I bought your book ‘Essentials of Investing’ when I was waiting for my train and I think it is the best book explaining about the stock market I ever read. I am interested in investing since I was a kid and 2 years ago (at the age of 22) my dad introduced me to stock market and I became obsessed with it, after I managed to triple my investment in just a week (due to luck and speculation of course). But for the next 1 year, I suffer massive losses even when it was bull. I bought a lot of books but none seems to give a clear answer, ‘why people buy this stock at x price and why this stock moves up while the other goes down?’, until I found your book. From your book, I realized it is about ‘expectation’ and it does makes sense. By using this concept plus some of my research and analysis, I managed to gain a respectable profit, even during recent bear. And just like what you said, I do doubt the value of technical analysis because humans are not robots and stocks are traded at margin.
Thanks for your book. Looking forward for more books like this which gives strong logical answers, not mindless drawing lines and triangles on the chart.
Thank you! It sounds like you are talking about my book, “Investing in One Lesson.” This has been an important lesson when it comes to investing in the stock market. I’m glad it helped you understand how to succeed in investing. Of course, there are always ups and downs, and all of us can tell you that we’ve lost money from time to time. But understanding what drives the market (expectations as you say) is very important! Good luck! Cheers, AEIOU, MSkouse
HI Chris,
Yes, I’m aware of the minimum wage level. My recommendation would be to have no minimum wage law at all. The market should set the “price” of labor. This would greatly lower unemployment rates and stimulate academic activity. Of course, this should also be bolstered with a much reduced taxation rate.
Cheers, AEIOU,
MSkousen
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Dear Mr. Skousen,
How can I get a copy of your book: Vienna & Chicago, Friends or Foes? Thank you,
Emilio
We have copies for $20 each plus $5 S&H. To order, he can send me a check for $25 to Skousen Pub Co., PO Box 229, Irvington NY 10533, or he can call Eagle Publishing at 1-800-211-7661, code VIENNA. Good luck! AEIOU, Mskousen.com