Philosophers and Businessmen

Maxims of Wall Street — New Book Now Available!

June 27, 2011

AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING, ANNOUNCING AN HISTORIC FIRST… THE MAXIMS OF WALL STREET A Compilation of Financial Adages, Ancient Proverbs, and Worldly Wisdom By Mark Skousen “Bears Make Headlines, Bulls Make Money” Attention all investors, subscribers, stockbrokers and money managers! For nearly 30 years, I have been collecting all the old wise adages, [...]

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Five Americans Inducted Into Free Market Hall of Fame

July 17, 2009

Las Vegas, Nevada (July 11, 2009): Five American prominent writers and economists –Henry Hazlitt, Murray Rothbard, Rose Wilder Lane, H. L. Mencken, and Booker T. Washington — were inducted into the Free Market Hall of Fame at the Saturday night banquet at FreedomFest. This year’s conference attracted over 1,700 attendees. Each year FreedomFest honors individuals [...]

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Me and William F. Buckley: A True Story

March 3, 2008

A giant has died.  William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of National Review magazine and the modern conservative movement, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, at the age of 82. We will be dedicated one of the rooms at FreedomFest (www.freedomfest.com) in his honor. To me, Bill Buckley was a distant hero. As a teenager, I frequently [...]

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Announcing the Free Market Hall of Fame!

September 15, 2007

Dear friends of liberty, Here’s my latest idea:  The Free Market Hall of Fame is now up and running, and it’s creating a lot of debate!  We’re getting hundreds of new voters every day.  Lots of blogs are picking it up….. Vote for your favorite free-market advocate (both living and dead) by going to www.freedomfest.com/halloffame. Choose [...]

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Join My New Weekly E-Letter, The Worldly Philosophers

July 16, 2007

Dear Worldly Philosophers, Are you a seeker of worldly wisdom?  Do you like to read about the lives and ideas of great thinkers, entrepreneurs, and creative geniuses and how you can apply their stories in your own life? In college, I read the book “The Worldly Philosophers,” about the great economic thinkers and their influence [...]

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Franklin and His Critics

December 30, 2006

Was Benjamin Franklin an indispensable public servant, or a cunning chameleon? A believer, or a heretic? A hard-headed entrepreneur, or an opportunistic privateer? A devoted family man, or a salacious womanizer? An important scientist and inventor, or a hoaxer and self-promoter? The first civilized American, or the most dangerous man in America? Read the article [...]

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A Tribute to Milton Friedman

November 28, 2006

I was at the New Orleans Investment Conference when I learned that free-market economist extraordinaire Milton Friedman, died on November 16. He was a dear friend. I was probably the last person to go out to lunch with Milton. We met at his favorite restaurant in San Francisco, where I showed him a picture of [...]

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Here’s a Tax-Deductible Way to Honor an American Hero

December 1, 2001

December 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “A noble man cannot be lost in a crowd.” — Maori Saying I just returned from my 25th appearance at the New Orleans Investment Conference. I know hundreds of you have been to this classic “granddaddy “of seminars. There’s a reason why this investment conference [...]

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I Led Three Lives

November 1, 2001

November 2001 PERSONAL SNAPSHOTS Forecasts & Strategies by Mark Skousen “It was a time for every man to stir.” — Thomas Paine Westchester County, New York, where I now reside, is full of American heroes. Two are buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery — Carnegie, the steel magnate (highlighted last month) and Samuel Gompers, the great [...]

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One Capitalist’s Advice: Attract Attention!

November 1, 2001

November 2001 From the President’s Desk Ideas on Liberty by Mark Skousen “Individualism, private property, the law of accumulation of wealth, and the law of competition . . . are the highest result of human experience, the soil in which society, so far, has produced the best fruit.” —ANDREW CARNEGIE’ A few days after my [...]

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