Brother, Can You Spare a Decade?

May 1, 2009

Perspective – Liberty Magazine – May 2009
Brother, Can You Spare a Decade?
by Mark Skousen
Few things other than a New Deal can be more painful than an economic depression. But few eras were more vital and enjoyable than the private side of the last one.
One of the rare books in my financial library is “I Like [...]

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More Recent Articles by Mark Skousen

April 15, 2009

This April 15 is finding a lot of people taking a good hard look at the economy and the country. I’ve made some controversial observations in a few of my most recent articles. Please take a look!
“Start Your Own Tax Revolt — Without Getting Into Trouble”
Human Events Online
April 15, 2009
“Was the Great Depression Good for [...]

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After the Tea Party, What Comes Next?

April 15, 2009

FREEDOMFEST 2009

“The World’s Largest Gathering of Free Minds”
July 9-11, 2009, Las Vegas

“So good I changed my schedule to attend all 3 days!” — Steve Forbes

Dear fellow libertarians and free-marketers,

Every year FreedomFest grows and grows. We were up 42% last year to 1400 attendees, [...]

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Start Your Own Tax Revolt — Without Getting In Trouble

April 15, 2009

From Human Events
“A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“Little else is required to carry a state to the highest level of opulence but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.” ~ Adam Smith
Today, on April 15 Tax Day, hundreds of thousands of citizens are protesting out of control [...]

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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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Recent Articles by Mark Skousen

March 26, 2009

I’ve compiled a quick list of a few of my recent articles and appearances in the press, addressing the current economic crisis, as well as the growing freedom movement in response to the power-grab currently going on in Washington. Now is the time for a return to the freedom principles of the free-market and the [...]

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Mark Skousen In the News and On the Web

March 26, 2009

Has Keynes Trumped Adam Smith?
By Mark Skousen
February 27, 2009
A nice reprint of one of my articles on a web blog. A great way to spread the word.
“Market Monitor” — Mark Skousen, Editor, Forecasts & Strategies
with Paul Kangas, Nightly Business Report, PBS, Friday, March 06, 2009
Link to transcript of the show
Steve’s Serendipities: Persuasion vs. Force [...]

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Glenn Beck puts Cleon Skousen at #1 on Amazon

March 16, 2009

Well, he did it. Glenn Beck has put my uncle Cleon’s book, The 5,000 Year Leap: 28 Principles that Changed the World (How the US Constitution Inspired America’s Greatness) #1 on Amazon.com.
The guy is incredible.
I was on his show a couple of weeks ago, and he told me between commercials, “Cleon Skousen’s book [...]

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Will we survive Obamanomics?

March 5, 2009

From the Gilroy Dispatch
Officially, President Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget is titled “A New Era of Responsibility.”
That’s false on two counts. It’s an era – not of responsibility, but of big-government taxation, spending, and regulation. And it’s not new. History is full of attempts to inflate the state to grow the economy. Virtually all have ended [...]

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Mark Skousen on Twitter and Facebook

March 3, 2009

Dear Forecasts & Strategies subscribers,
We’ve always been able to keep in touch via the monthly newsletter, my appearances at investment conferences around the world, and my weekly hotline.
Now I’m on two of the biggest social networking sites on the Internet, Twitter and Facebook.
With these two great websites, you can follow my day-to-day, sometimes hour-by-hour, thoughts [...]

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