Investor CAFÉ Newsletters

• Why My Article on Inequality Made #1 in The Wall Street Journal November 13, 2025
  “The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate a profit.” -- Labor leader Samuel Gompers Last week, I published my article, “What’s Better Than Democratic Socialism?” My answer: Democratic Capitalism! See my article here in Skousen CAFÉ: What’s Better than Democratic Socialism? - Mark Skousen. My article drew a lot […]
• What’s Better than Democratic Socialism? November 6, 2025
  “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” -- Ronald Reagan This week, I spoke at the New Orleans Conference about Ben Franklin as the “Father of the American Dream,” how he went from humble beginnings to become a renown publisher, scientist and diplomat. At the end of my talk, I offered the […]
• The New Debate: Is Going to College Worth It? October 30, 2025
  “Higher education is a corrupt institution that saddles students with heavy debts and helps them into careers that pay well but are ultimately not going to help our country.” -- Peter Thiel “The idea of paying an institution for an education is foolish. Education is something you do for yourself.” -- Doug Casey Going to […]
• Could My Shocking ‘Gold 5,000’ Prediction Come True This Year? October 23, 2025
  “Silver could hit $50 again this year… and gold could hit an all-time high of $5,000.” -- Forecasts & Strategies Predictions for 2025 I just returned from the Orlando MoneyShow, where everyone was talking about the precious metals boom… gold going over $4,300 and silver over $52 an ounce. They have since retreated from their […]
• The Big Debate: How Long Can Wall Street Outperform Main Street? October 16, 2025
  “The most important issue in economics is growth.” -- David R. Henderson (Hoover Institution) “The stock market and the economy are two different things.” -- Milton Friedman This week, the Nobel Prize Committee in Stockholm, Sweden, awarded three economists (two of them American) for their work in economic growth, how technology advances civilization and our […]
• In Defense of the Super Smart, Super Rich and Super Giving October 9, 2025
  “Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” -- Rev. John Wesley (“Sermon on Wealth,” 1751) “What’s the best investment I ever made?  Charity. I never lost a dime.” -- Sir John Templeton ("Maxims on Wall Street," p. 140) Last week, I wrote about Jim Doti, the former president of Chapman […]
• Dream School October 2, 2025
  "It is incredible the quantity of good a man can do in a country if he makes a business out of it." -- Benjamin Franklin Jim Doti and Mark Skousen next to the Adam Smith statue at Chapman University. This week, Jim Doti, former president of Chapman University, gave me an autographed copy of his new book, "Using […]
• Friedman vs Hayek: Bull or Bear on Wall Street? September 25, 2025
  “The public is right during the trends but wrong at both ends.” -- Humphrey Neill (p. 45, “Maxims of Wall Street”) Special Alert:  Danger sign ahead? ‘Today the federal government released second-quarter gross output (GO), which is a broader measure of total economic activity than GDP.  While consumer spending was up (again), business spending (B2B) fell […]
• How William F. Buckley, Jr., Changed My Life September 18, 2025
  Last week, the U.S. Post Office released the William F. Buckley Jr. stamp, honoring the founder of National Review magazine and a major influence in the modern conservative movement.  I knew Bill Buckley, and I don’t think this image does him justice.  He had a warm, friendly personality whose eyes sparkled. He passed away February 27, 2008, […]
• Honoring Art Laffer… and Paying Tribute to Charlie Kirk, Martyr in a Good Cause September 11, 2025
  Personal Note: My wife and I had just returned from a big event in Washington D.C. honoring supply-side economist Art Laffer (84) and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Laffer Curve (see “You Nailed It” column below), when our celebration was cut short as we heard the news that Christian conservative activist and media titan […]