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.
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| Born | Douglas Robert Casey May 5, 1946 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Relatives | Eugene B. Casey (father) |
Early life and education
editCasey 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
editCasey'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
editCasey 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
editCasey 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]
Bibliography
edit- —— (1982). Strategic Investing. ISBN 9780671438869.
- —— (1976). The International Man. ISBN 9780932496096.
- —— (1979). Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression. ISBN 9780936906003.
- —— (1993). Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s. ISBN 9780806516127.[12]
- —— (2012). Totally Incorrect: Conversations with Doug Casey. 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
edit- ^ a b "Publicado en el Boletín Oficial de Salta Nº 19807 el día 23/06/2016". Boletín Oficial – Provincia de Salta. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
- ^ a b Waggoner, John (February 19, 2009). "Investors are grabbing for dangled karats". USA Today. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c Foster, Nick (February 25, 2010). "Projects Draw Attention to Argentine Countryside". New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ^ a b Sykora, Allen (May 11, 2011). "Doug Casey: Government Policies Distort Markets; 'Printing More Money' To Mean Inflation". Forbes.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ July 13, 2013 C-SPAN2 Book TV interview with Doug Casey at Freedomfest 2013, held at Las Vegas.
- ^ Sien, 2015. 22:00 min. in
- ^ a b c Knight, Jerry (August 25, 1980). "Doomsayer Casey: 'I Believe in Buying When There's Blood in the Streets'". The Washington Post.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Doug Casey". Voice America. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ^ James, Louis (November 14, 2012). "Doug Casey on the Inconvenient Truths of US Foreign Policy". Casey Research. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Doug Casey on What Happens After the Next War". Investment Watch. June 7, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Doug Casey' Books". High Ground Series - A collection of books by Doug Casey.
- ^ "Right on the Money: Doug Casey on Economics, Investing, and the Ways of the Real World with Louis James", Wiley.com.
External links
edit- Official Website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- YouTube Channel: Doug Casey's Take