Doug Casey
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Douglas Robert Casey[1] (born May 5, 1946[1] in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer, speculator, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research.[2] He describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist[3] influenced by the works of writer and philosopher Ayn Rand.
Early life and education
Casey graduated from Georgetown University in 1968.[3][4] He was raised Roman Catholic, but later became an atheist.[5][6]
He is the son of Eugene B. Casey, a multimillionaire real estate developer.[7]
Career
Casey's 1979 book Crisis Investing was number one on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 1980 for 29 consecutive weeks. It was the best-selling financial book of 1980 with 438,640 copies sold.[8][9]
Casey has a wine and residential sporting estate project called Estancia de Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina.[3]
Casey has recommended investing in gold.[2][7]
Casey Research
Casey Research publishes a financial newsletter from an Austrian School anarcho-capitalist perspective which advises on the purchase of microcap stocks, precious metals, and other investments.[4]
Views and approach
Casey describes himself as a contrarian. He applies this view to investment, economic interpretations, and government.
He has said, "You've got to be a speculator today. It's no longer possible to work hard and save your money and get ahead in life."[7]
Casey has been critical of an interventionist foreign policy.[10][11]
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References
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- ↑ July 13, 2013 C-SPAN2 Book TV interview with Doug Casey at Freedomfest 2013, held at Las Vegas.
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- ↑ "Right on the Money: Doug Casey on Economics, Investing, and the Ways of the Real World with Louis James", Wiley.com.
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External links
- Official Website
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- YouTube Channel: Doug Casey's Take
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American economists
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American economists
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- American anarcho-capitalists
- American atheists
- American expatriates in Argentina
- American finance and investment writers
- American former Christians
- American investors
- American libertarians
- American male non-fiction writers
- American male novelists
- American political writers
- Austrian School economists
- Economists from Illinois
- Economists from Vermont
- Georgetown University alumni
- People from Lamoille County, Vermont
- Writers from Chicago