Forecasts & Strategies

Are You A Company Man or An Entrepreneur?

May 1, 2001

Forecasts & Strategies Personal Snapshots May 2001 By Mark Skousen The most dangerous advice you can give a child is “Go to school, get good grades, and look for a safe, secure job.” —Robert T. Kiyosaki, author Rich Dad, Poor Dad I don’t normally write about the same book twice, but I received so many [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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East and West

October 31, 2000

EAST AND WEST “The enjoyment of books has always been regarded among the charms of a cultured life….” -Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living (1937) One of the benefits of a cruise is that you get time to read new books. Most people read novels, but I prefer non-fiction. Two books caught my interest on [...]

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Bankrupt Millionaires

October 1, 2000

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies October 2000 Bankrupt Millionaires by Mark Skousen “In the midst of the biggest economic boom ever, millionaires are going bankrupt.” – Forbes (October 2, 2000) Last March, I reported the findings of Professor Thomas J. Stanley, author of The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind, that the rich are [...]

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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 [...]

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A Tax by Any Other Name

July 31, 2000

Personal Snapshots FORECASTS & STRATEGIES July 2000 A Tax by Any Other Name by Mark Skousen “Do they realize that every measure leading to capital decumulation jeopardizes their prosperity?” – Ludwig von Mises A tax by any other name…. Whether you call it an estate tax, an inheritance tax or a death tax, it’s all [...]

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Too Many Free-Market Think Tanks?

May 28, 2000

Personal Snapshots FORECASTS & STRATEGIES May 2000 by Mark Skousen “Stimulating independent thought… is being done by all too few individuals and institutions, not only in the U.K. but here in the U.S. as well.” — Milton Friedman (1981) Donating money to a few of my favorite free-market organizations used to be a pleasant duty, [...]

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The Gap Between Rich and Poor Is…Narrowing!

April 30, 2000

Personal Snapshots FORECASTS & STRATEGIES April 2000 by Mark Skousen “The poor remain poor and the command of income by those in the top income brackets is increasing egregiously.” — John Kenneth Galbraith “The poor have not gotten poorer. The average family below the poverty line today is doing as well or better than middle-class [...]

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