{{Short description|American economist (born 1946)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2017}} {{infobox writer |name=Doug Casey |birth_name=Douglas Robert Casey |birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|5|5}} |birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |occupation={{flatlist| *Writer *speculator }} |alma_mater=Georgetown University |relatives=Eugene B. Casey (father) }} '''Douglas Robert Casey'''<ref name=PeeBOdS /> (born May 5, 1946<ref name=PeeBOdS /> in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer, speculator, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research.<ref name="karats" /> He describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist<ref name=nyt /> influenced by the works of writer and philosopher Ayn Rand.
==Early life and education== Casey graduated from Georgetown University in 1968.<ref name=nyt /><ref name="Forbes"/> He was raised Roman Catholic, but later became an atheist.<ref>July 13, 2013 C-SPAN2 Book TV interview with Doug Casey at Freedomfest 2013, held at Las Vegas.</ref><ref>Sien, 2015. 22:00 min. in</ref>
He is the son of Eugene B. Casey, a multimillionaire real estate developer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|first=Jerry|last=Knight|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1980/08/25/doomsayer-casey-i-believe-in-buying-when-theres-blood-in-the-streets/6f7be69b-e162-4066-a589-5d1054d2182f|title=Doomsayer Casey: 'I Believe in Buying When There's Blood in the Streets'|date=August 25, 1980|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=wp /><ref name=va />
Casey has a wine and residential sporting estate project called Estancia de Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina.<ref name="nyt" />
Casey has recommended investing in gold.<ref name="karats" /><ref name=":0" />
===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.<ref name="Forbes" />
===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."<ref name=":0" />
Casey has been critical of an interventionist foreign policy.<ref>{{cite web|first=Louis|last=James|url=https://www.caseyresearch.com/articles/doug-casey-inconvenient-truths-us-foreign-policy/|title=Doug Casey on the Inconvenient Truths of US Foreign Policy|date=November 14, 2012|accessdate=August 2, 2019|work=Casey Research}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/doug-casey-on-what-happens-after-the-next-war/|title=Doug Casey on What Happens After the Next War|date=June 7, 2019|accessdate=August 2, 2019|work=Investment Watch}}</ref>
== Bibliography == * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Strategic Investing |publisher= Pocket Books|year=1982 |isbn=9780671438869 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=The International Man |publisher= Alexandria House Books|year=1976 |isbn=9780932496096 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression |publisher= Stratford Press|year=1979 |isbn=9780936906003 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s |publisher= Carol Publishing|year=1993 |isbn=9780806516127 |author-mask=2}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Casey' Books |url=https://highgroundseries.com/ |website=High Ground Series - A collection of books by Doug Casey}}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Totally Incorrect: Conversations with Doug Casey |publisher= Casey Research|year=2012 |isbn=9780988285132 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Right on the Money |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2013 |isbn=9781118856222 |author-mask=2}}<ref name="wiley" /> * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Speculator | others=With John Hunt| publisher=High Ground Novels |year=2016 |isbn=9780985933258 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Drug Lord | others=With John Hunt| publisher=High Ground Novels |year=2017 |isbn=9781947449077 |author-mask=2}} * {{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Doug |title=Assassin | others=With John Hunt| publisher=High Ground Novels |year=2020 |isbn=9781947449091 |author-mask=2}}
==References== <references>
<ref name=PeeBOdS>{{cite web |title=Publicado en el Boletín Oficial de Salta Nº 19807 el día 23/06/2016 |url=http://boletinoficialsalta.gob.ar/NewDetalleAvisosAdministrativos.php?orden_pub=100054472 |website=Boletín Oficial – Provincia de Salta |accessdate=26 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190526045835/http://boletinoficialsalta.gob.ar/NewDetalleAvisosAdministrativos.php?orden_pub=100054472 |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name=va>{{cite web|title=Doug Casey|url=http://www.voiceamerica.com/guest/19569/doug-casey|publisher=Voice America|accessdate=March 28, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name=wp>{{cite news | url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/reading/what-americans-used-to-read.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107042744/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/reading/what-americans-used-to-read.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 7, 2012 | title=What Americans used to read | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=June 10, 2010 | accessdate=March 23, 2015 | author=Strauss, Valerie}}</ref>
<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|title=Projects Draw Attention to Argentine Countryside|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/greathomesanddestinations/26iht-reargen.html|work=New York Times|date=February 25, 2010|accessdate=March 28, 2015|last1=Foster|first1=Nick}}</ref>
<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2011/05/11/doug-casey-government-policies-distort-markets-printing-more-money-to-mean-inflation/ | title=Doug Casey: Government Policies Distort Markets; 'Printing More Money' To Mean Inflation | work=Forbes.com | date=May 11, 2011 | accessdate=March 23, 2015 | author=Sykora, Allen}}</ref>
<ref name="karats">{{cite web | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/markets/2009-02-18-karats-invest-gold_N.htm | title=Investors are grabbing for dangled karats | work=USA Today | date=February 19, 2009 | accessdate=March 23, 2015 | author=Waggoner, John}}</ref>
<ref name=wiley>[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118856228.html "Right on the Money: Doug Casey on Economics, Investing, and the Ways of the Real World with Louis James"], Wiley.com.</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120805075100/http://www.caseyresearch.com/ Official Website] * {{C-SPAN|1025507}} * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEJR3OAeHBNz7aGtFRZXArQ YouTube Channel]: Doug Casey's Take
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