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Forecasts & Strategies

Rich Investor, Poor Investor

April 1, 2001

Forecasts & Strategies
Personal Snapshots
April 2001
by Mark Skousen
“The poor and middle class work for money…. The rich have money work for them.”
—Robert T. Kiyosaki, author, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Many of you may have read the best-seller, Rich Dad, Poor Dad. The author, Hawaiian-born Robert Kiyosaki, criticizes his own father, a high school teacher, for pursuing a [...]

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What If Social Security Was Like a 401(k)?

December 1, 2000

Forecasts & Strategies
Personal Snapshots
December 2000
by Mark Skousen
“Of all social institutions, business is the only one created for the express purpose of making and managing change…. Government is a poor manager.” -Peter F. Drucker, “The Sickness of Government,” The Age of Discontinuity (1969)
In the ongoing debate over the privatization of Social Security, one story has been [...]

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How Many of You Are on Food Stamps?

November 1, 2000

Personal Snapshots
Forecasts & Strategies
November 2000
by Mark Skousen
“Middle of the road policy leads to socialism.” -Ludwig von Mises
At the recent San Francisco Money Show, I asked an audience of several hundred investors, “By a show of hands, how many of you are on food stamps?” Not a single hand went up. Then I asked, “How many [...]

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Bankrupt Millionaires

October 1, 2000

Personal Snapshots
Forecasts & Strategies
October 2000
Bankrupt [...]

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The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

August 26, 2000

Forecasts & Strategies
Personal Snapshots
August 2000
by Mark Skousen
“The Chief didn’t believe in the Protestant ethic or trust in Poor Richard’s aphorisms. A penny saved might be a penny earned, but a penny borrowed was worth even more.”
- David Nasaw, author The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
In the past year, I’ve had the chance of [...]

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