Interviews

New Interview with Mark Skousen and His Major Works

August 18, 2011

Adrián Ravier, a professor of economics at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala and the National University of La Pampa in Argentina, has just completed a major interview with me on my life and contributions to economics, finance and the freedom movement.  It will appear in the third volume of “LA ESCUELA AUSTRIACA DESDE ADENTRO: Historias [...]

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Update on FreedomFest 2011

July 27, 2011

Dear Friends of Freedom, I’m happy to report that FreedomFest 2011 was another rip-roaring success. With highlights featuring Senator Rand Paul, Judge Andrew Napolitano, John Mackey (CEO, Whole Foods) and Peter Thiel (founder, PayPal), among many others, the nearly 3,000 attendees had non-stop opportunities to learn, discuss and generate new ideas on liberty and freedom. [...]

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Major Interview with Mark Skousen on His Life and Works in Economics, Finance and the Freedom Movement

July 15, 2011

BETWEEN CHICAGO AND VIENNA: INTERVIEW WITH MARK SKOUSEN Mark Skousen is an American economist, investment analyst, newsletter editor, college professor and author of more than 25 non-fiction books. AR: Professor Skousen… Thank you for this opportunity to let us know a little more about yourself. Please, explain the context in which you grew up in [...]

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Interview with Charlton Heston

January 24, 2000

Personal Snapshots FORECASTS & STRATEGIES December 1999 WHO IS THE PERSON OF THE CENTURY? by Mark Skousen Time magazine will decide this month who is its “Person of the Century.” The issue was raised at the New Orleans Investment Conference last month. There I had a chance to meet Stephen Ambrose, author of best-selling books [...]

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Interview with Dan Quayle

January 24, 2000

What a pleasant conversation we had when I had dinner with Dan Quayle earlier this year. Quayle didn’t dominate the conversation as my wife Jo Ann and I might expect from a former Vice-President; he was gracious and a good listener. Dan talked about his support for some form of private Social Security accounts for [...]

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Interview with Steve Forbes

January 24, 2000

Jim Blanchard and I met privately with Steve Forbes at the 1997 New Orleans Investment Conference. Forbes is planning to make another bid of the presidency in 2000 (which came to pass though he dropped out after low showings in the first round of Republican primaries and caucuses), and we assured him the hard-money movement [...]

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Interview with Rush Limbaugh

January 24, 2000

“Showing off waist lines after Rush had dropped 40 pounds!“ I guess my dinner conversation with Rush Limbaugh early in 1998 had quite an impression on the radio talk host celebrity. During dinner we discussed a variety of economic and political topics, including the Clinton legacy. I told Rush I thought Clinton’s biggest achievement would [...]

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Interview with President Bill Clinton

January 24, 2000

I was Clinton’s Running Mate…For Half an Hour! In the world of investing, timing is everything. In October, 1996, on a San Diego beach, my timing was excellent — an opportunity to jog and speak with President Clinton. I had gone out on the beach for a jog. Before I knew it, the President of [...]

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Interview with Peter Drucker

January 24, 2000

I had an opportunity to interview famed management guru Peter Drucker in July, 1991 for a Forbes article. When I asked him about the troubles of big corporations, like IBM and General Motors, Drucker replied that all large companies which emerge as a pioneer in a field eventually mature and face competition. They simply they [...]

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Interview with Milton Friedman

January 24, 2000

I Had Lunch with Milton Friedman I have been meeting and corresponding with Milton Friedman, today’s most famous economist, for over ten years. At one point, my contact with him really helped me keep from making a bad investment decision for my subscribers.Many in the investment newsletter business had been warning subscribers of an impending [...]

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