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Doug Casey

Douglas Robert Casey is an American writer, speculator, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research. He describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist influenced by the works of writer and philosopher Ayn Rand.

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Doug Casey
Born
Douglas Robert Casey

(1946-05-05) May 5, 1946
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
Alma materGeorgetown University
RelativesEugene B. Casey (father)

Douglas Robert Casey1 (born May 5, 19461 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer, speculator, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research.2 He describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist3 influenced by the works of writer and philosopher Ayn Rand.

Early life and education

Casey graduated from Georgetown University in 1968.34 He was raised Roman Catholic, but later became an atheist.56

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.89

Casey has a wine and residential sporting estate project called Estancia de Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina.3

Casey has recommended investing in gold.27

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.1011

Bibliography

Bibliography

  • —— (1982). Strategic Investing. Pocket Books. ISBN 9780671438869.
  • —— (1976). The International Man. Alexandria House Books. ISBN 9780932496096.
  • —— (1979). Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression. Stratford Press. ISBN 9780936906003.
  • —— (1993). Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s. Carol Publishing. ISBN 9780806516127.12
  • —— (2012). Totally Incorrect: Conversations with Doug Casey. Casey Research. ISBN 9780988285132.
  • —— (2013). Right on the Money. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118856222.13
  • —— (2016). Speculator. With John Hunt. High Ground Novels. ISBN 9780985933258.
  • —— (2017). Drug Lord. With John Hunt. High Ground Novels. ISBN 9781947449077.
  • —— (2020). Assassin. With John Hunt. High Ground Novels. ISBN 9781947449091.
References

References

  1. "Publicado en el Boletín Oficial de Salta Nº 19807 el día 23/06/2016". Boletín Oficial – Provincia de Salta. Retrieved May 26, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. Waggoner, John (February 19, 2009). "Investors are grabbing for dangled karats". USA Today. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  3. Foster, Nick (February 25, 2010). "Projects Draw Attention to Argentine Countryside". New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  4. Sykora, Allen (May 11, 2011). "Doug Casey: Government Policies Distort Markets; 'Printing More Money' To Mean Inflation". Forbes.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  5. July 13, 2013 C-SPAN2 Book TV interview with Doug Casey at Freedomfest 2013, held at Las Vegas.
  6. Sien, 2015. 22:00 min. in
  7. Knight, Jerry (August 25, 1980). "Doomsayer Casey: 'I Believe in Buying When There's Blood in the Streets'". The Washington Post.
  8. Strauss, Valerie (June 10, 2010). "What Americans used to read". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  9. "Doug Casey". Voice America. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  10. James, Louis (November 14, 2012). "Doug Casey on the Inconvenient Truths of US Foreign Policy". Casey Research. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  11. "Doug Casey on What Happens After the Next War". Investment Watch. June 7, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  12. "Doug Casey' Books". High Ground Series - A collection of books by Doug Casey.
  13. "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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