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Leisure

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, bank closings, [...]

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Can Money Buy Happiness?

April 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots
Forecasts & Strategies
April 2002
“I’m tired of Love: I’m still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time.” —Hilaire Belloc
I came across a very interesting book the other day called Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being (Princeton University Press, 2002), by Bruno S. Frey and Alois [...]

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Las Vegas: America’s Playground

July 28, 1999

Forecasts & Strategies
Personal Snapshots
by Mark Skousen
“Americans [...]

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Easy Living: My Two Years in the Bahamas

December 23, 1987

Memoir — LIBERTY
By Mark Skousen

The Island of June
If you’re feeling the need of real relaxation,
In a climate that’s lazy, a perfect vacation,
Away from the snow and the slush that annoys you,
Away from the worries [...]

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