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Mark Skousen’s important perspectives on economics, finance, investing and the economy regularly make appearances on the web and in the news. Check out the following links!
EZCorp (EZPW): Pawnbroker Profits
TheStockAdvisors.com
featuring Mark Skousen
October 21, 2008
Gray Lady Down
Vital Signs Blog
featuring Mark Skousen
October 31, 2008
It’s Official: NYT is Junk
Human Events Online
by Mark Skousen
October 28, 2008
Real Estate Investments Versus Stock [...]

Here I am pictured with the first students graduating from the Mark Skousen School of Business at Grantham University on Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Kansas City.

Grantham University (www.grantham.edu) is one of the fastest growing on-line universities.  It is a four-year accredited university with some 8000 students, the majority of which are active duty in the US [...]

Were the giants of the Gilded Age — John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan — pious frauds who exploited and bilked the public on their way to achieving their ill-gotten millions? Or were they bold innovators and noble capitalists who established America as the richest, most productive country on the planet? [...]

Today libertarians spend most of their time lamenting the consequences of big government. And rightly so. Today government is less a defender of freedom and more a Hobbesian leviathan that undermines prosperity. When we do talk about limited government, it is often seen solely as “a necessary evil.” Too much government and the economy chokes. [...]