Thinkers

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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Atlas Shrugged – 50 Years Later

March 6, 2007

Atlas Shrugged – 50 years later – At a time of rampant collectivism, Ayn Rand renewed the promise of liberty. But her ethics are dangerous. When Ayn Rand finished writing “Atlas Shrugged” 50 years ago this month, she set off an intellectual shock wave that is still felt today. It’s credited for helping to halt [...]

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The Art of Letting Go

March 1, 2007

Tranquility Liberty Magazine March 2007 by Mark Skousen “How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”— Henry David Thoreau, Walden Would you do me a favor? Find an easy chair, or better yet, go outside to a secluded spot and read this essay at your [...]

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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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Darwin on Wall Street

August 31, 1998

Darwin on Wall Street Mark Skousen Forecasts & Strategies August 1998 “No other theory or concept ever imagined by man can equal in boldness and audacity this claim — that everything revolves around human existence — that all the starry heavens, that every species of life, that every characteristic of reality exists for mankind and [...]

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