In the early 1980s, I wrote a book called ‘The Complete Guide to Financial Privacy.’ If I would write that book today, it would be a pamphlet. There is precious little privacy left. Mark Skousen Read Quote
In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system. Mark Skousen Read Quote
It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going. Mark Skousen Read Quote
Since the 1970s, I’ve been a big fan of attending conferences as a great way to learn, network, socialize and enjoy a new environment. It’s always refreshing to get out and see a whole new world. Mark Skousen Read Quote
One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all expenditures and seeing where the money goes. That alone will cause heads of households to think twice about x, y or z expenditure, and to consider carefully whether they really need something or not. Mark Skousen Read Quote
The U.S. Constitution was meant to be universal, not just something that only America would observe. The principle of defending liberty for all people ideally should apply everywhere in the world. Mark Skousen Read Quote
We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them. Mark Skousen Read Quote
Bitcoin is not an actual physical coin, and if computers are shut down, you can’t buy or sell them. That’s why nothing will ever replace gold and silver coins themselves, and all investors should have them at home or in a safe deposit box. Mark Skousen Read Quote
