Mark Skousen Quotes

• El triunfo de la persuasión sobre la fuerza es el signo de una sociedad civilizada.

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  Liberty, Libertarian, Triumph

  "Civilization Held Together by Persuasion, Not Force". The Religion & Liberty Interview, acton.org. July 20, 2010.

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• 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 totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success.

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  Failure, Pay, Ultimate Success

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• Nadie gasta el dinero ajeno con tanto cuidado como el propio.

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  Economía de mercado, libre mercado, economía y economía

  Mark Skousen (2013). “Economic Logic Fourth Edition”, p.674, Regnery Publishing

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

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  Taxation, Levels, Pay

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• 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 the incentive system built into the capitalist model - consumer choice and the profit motive of the entrepreneur. The irony is that capitalism, not socialism or Marxism, that has liberated the worker from the chains of poverty, monopoly, war, and oppression, and has better achieved Marx's vision of a millennium of hope, peace, abundance, leisure, and aesthetic expression for the 'full' human being.

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  War, Expression, Ideas

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• En resumen, mi visión de una sociedad libre y responsable es aquella en la que desalentamos el mal, pero no lo prohibimos. Hacemos que nuestros hijos y estudiantes sean conscientes de las consecuencias del consumo de drogas y otras formas de comportamiento irresponsable. Pero después de toda nuestra persuasión, si siguen queriendo consumir drogas perjudiciales, es su privilegio. En una sociedad libre, los individuos deben tener derecho a hacer el bien o el mal, siempre que no amenacen o atenten contra los derechos o la propiedad de los demás. También deben sufrir las consecuencias de sus actos, ya que es de las consecuencias de lo que aprenden a elegir correctamente.

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  Freedom, Children, Rights

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

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  Libro, Hombres, Juzgar

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• 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.

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  Writing, College, Thinking

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

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  Country, Jobs, Income

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• Gold and Silver have always had value, never gone to zero. Can you say the same for stocks and bonds?

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  Zero, Gold, Gone

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• The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of all charitable work in churches and other private organizations: assist those who need help, and equally important, don't assist individuals who can take care of themselves.

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  Charitable Work, Organization, Important

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• We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.

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  Gente, Líder, Político

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• 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, the citizenry will probably make the wrong choice. Legislators do not think any more in terms of persuading people; they feel the need to force their agenda on the public at the point of a bayonet and the barrel of a gun, in the name of the IRS, the SEC, the FDA, the DEA, the EPA, or a multitude of other ABCs of government authority.

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  Believe, Thinking, Gun

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• Back in 1960, the paper dollar and the silver dollar both were the same value. They circulated next to each other. Today? The paper dollar has lost 95% of its value, while the silver dollar is worth $34, and produced a 2-3 times rise in real value. Since we left the gold standard in 1971, both gold and silver have become superior inflation hedges.

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  Real, Gold, Dollars

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• All workers, whether they are employed in the private or public sector, should avoid living 'paycheck to paycheck.' Studies show that every household wastes 10% or more of its salary or income on unnecessary expenditures or by not taking the time to shop for better prices. It's all a matter of proper budgeting.

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  Salary, Income, Budgeting

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• La realidad es que el gasto empresarial y de inversión son los verdaderos indicadores adelantados de la economía y la bolsa. Si quiere saber hacia dónde se dirige el mercado de valores, olvídese del gasto de los consumidores y de las cifras de ventas al por menor. Fíjese en el gasto empresarial, la inflación de precios, los tipos de interés y el aumento de la productividad.

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  Reality, Want, Gains

  The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Vol. 60, Nr. 3-10, (p. 7), 2010.

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• The worst thing that can happen to an investor is to make money on his first trade; he thinks investing is easy

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  Thinking, Investing, Firsts

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• I've felt for some time that economics needs to be taught differently by economists who actually have had experience making a payroll or investing on Wall Street. When economics is taught by pure academics, watch out.

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  Wall, Watches, Needs

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• When everyone is a contrarian, nobody is a contrarian

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• 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.

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  Home, Should Have, Gold

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• The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices.

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  Creating, Growth, Economic

  Mark Skousen (2013). “Economic Logic Fourth Edition”, p.674, Regnery Publishing

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• El fraude es habitual cuando se regalan miles de millones. Se calcula que el fraude relacionado con los gastos del huracán Katrina supera los 2.000 millones de dólares. Además, las tarjetas de débito proporcionadas a las víctimas del huracán se utilizaron para pagar vacaciones en el Caribe, entradas para la NFL, champán Dom Perignon, vídeos de "Girls Gone Wild" y al menos una operación de cambio de sexo.

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  Girl, Sex, Vacation

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• In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.

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  Rights, Long, Society

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• Here in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to redistribute your wealth and control most aspects of your business and private life.

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  Government, America, Political

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• Me parece irónico que el alcalde de New York, Mike Bloomberg, se centre tanto en cuestiones tan nimias como el tamaño de las bebidas, mientras ignora los enormes problemas de infraestructura de New York: carreteras pésimas, aeropuertos tercermundistas, atascos, etc.

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  New York, Airports, Cities

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