When everyone is a contrarian, nobody is a contrarian

- Mark Skousen

Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the right to chose…

- Mark Skousen

Most of Marx's predictions have failed to materialize, and his labor theory of value and other ideas have been proven wrong. Marx failed to recognize…

- Mark Skousen

No one spends someone elses money as carefully as he spends his own.

- Mark Skousen

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.

- Mark Skousen

You can judge a man by the books in his library.

- Mark Skousen

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalit…

- Mark Skousen

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

- Mark Skousen

The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the funda…

- Mark Skousen