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My Run-In With the SEC

October 24, 2011

Last Thursday I was at Utah State in Logan, where I delivered the luncheon address at the annual Partners in Business conference there.  It is the first time I’ve been invited to speak before a group of professional accountants.  Beautiful setting in the mountains. In the morning session, the chief accountant of the Securities & [...]

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Weekend Update

June 6, 2011

This weekend I attended a very unusual college graduation ceremony.  It isn’t often when the valedictorian is a man convicted of murder!  But that is the case at Sing Sing penitentiary, where 24 students graduated last night from Mercy College’s four-year degree program, Hudson Link.  My wife Jo Ann and I have been involved in [...]

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“Zero Percent” Wins First Ever Silver Heart Award

April 13, 2011

The Hudson Link Documentary ”Zero Percent,” which focuses on Hudson Link’s college program inside the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, just won the first ever Silver Heart Award at the Dallas International Film Festival.  The award, which is a tremendous honor, was granted by Embrey Family Foundation and rewards “a film for their dedication to fighting injustices and [...]

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Hot New Video! ObamaCare – Live Your Carefree Lifestyle!

March 29, 2011

Dear Friends of Liberty, Be one of the first to watch this new video, ObamaCare – Live Your Carefree Lifestyle at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkH_aaaSOP0. This video is brought to you by FreedomFest, the World’s Largest Gathering of Free Minds, happening this July 13-16, 2011 at Paris/Bally’s in Las Vegas, the country’s most libertarian city. This year’s conference [...]

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New Edition of “Economics of a Pure Gold Standard”

January 27, 2011

Great News! Just released:  A new 4th edition of “The Economics of a Pure Gold Standard,” with a new introduction, by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).  This edition tells why more central banks fear the dollar as a reserve currency and are buying gold. To obtain a copy, go to amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Pure-Gold-Standard-Skousen/dp/1453753087/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_7 Only $12 [...]

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Who's to Blame for ObamaCare? Two Conservatives!

December 30, 2009

(I wrote the following article for Human Events, but apparently it was too controversial and was removed after about 100 e-letters of commentary, both favorable and critical. Read here’s the original op-ed, uncensured.) By Mark Skousen This week the Senate grinches stole Christmas. The Obama Nation is getting Obama Care. It’s easy to blame the [...]

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An Appearance in John Stossel’s Blog This Week

August 28, 2009

Thursday’s controversial column “Leaving America” by John Stossel got a lot of comments, and features ideas from yours truly: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/ In liberty, AEIOU, MSkousen

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I Appear on the Nightly Business Report with Paul Kangas

August 24, 2009

MARK SKOUSEN, Editor of “Forecasts & Strategies.” Paul asks Mark if he has any predictions about the Dow. Mark also offers some new stock recommendations. Push play to watch the interview. (You need Flash installed to watch video.) Watch the Video.

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Start Your Own Tax Revolt — Without Getting In Trouble

April 15, 2009

From Human Events “A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.” ~ Benjamin Franklin “Little else is required to carry a state to the highest level of opulence but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.” ~ Adam Smith Today, on April 15 Tax Day, hundreds of thousands of citizens are protesting [...]

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Was the Great Depression Good for Us?

April 14, 2009

From Human Events “Everything was all right in those years, but only if you had a job.” ~ Grandmother of Amity Shlaes in The Forgotten Man Can the worst of times also be the best of times? When we think of the Great Depression of the 1930s, we are quick to recall the soup lines, [...]

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