Rick Lowe

Dr. Skousen was in town for his annual conference over at Atlantis, the World Economic Summit.

While here he was the special guest at a dinner for The Nassau Institute on Monday night.

He spoke to the sold out room at Luciano's of Chicago about his life here in the 1980's, some changes he would make to our economy and also gave a bit of investment advice.

One of the neat give aways was his essay, Persuasion Vs. Force and I found it online for your pleasure.

Here's a snippet:

Persuasion vs. Force by Dr. Mark Skousen

Sometimes a single book or even a short cogent essay can change an individual's entire outlook on life. For Christians, it is the New Testament. For radical socialists, Karl Marx' and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto is revolutionary. For libertarians, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is pivotal. For economists, Ludwig von Mises' Human Action can be mind-changing.

Recently I came across a little essay in a book called Adventures of Ideas, by Alfred North Whitehead, the British philosopher and Harvard professor. The essay, "From Force to Persuasion," had a profound effect upon me. Actually what caught my attention was a single passage on page 83. This one small excerpt in a 300-page book changed my entire political philosophy.

Here's what it says:

Read the rest of the essay here…