Douglas Robert Casey (born May 5, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois) 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 novelist Ayn Rand. Early life and education Casey graduated from Georgetown University in 1968. He was raised Roman Catholic, but later became an atheist. He is the son of Eugene B. Casey, a multimillionaire real estate developer. 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. Casey has a wine and residential sporting estate project called Estancia de Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina. Casey has recommended investments in gold. 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. 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." Casey has been critical of an interventionist foreign policy. Books Strategic Investing (1982). Paperback: The International Man (1976). Hardcover: Crisis Investing : Opportunities and profits in the coming great depression. (1979). Hardcover: . Paperback: . Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s (1993). Paperback: . Totally Incorrect: Conversations with Doug Casey (2012). Paperback: . Right on the Money (2013). Paperback: . John Wiley & Sons Speculator (with John Hunt) (2016). Paperback: . High Ground Novels Drug Lord (with John Hunt) (2017). Paperback: . High Ground Novels Assassin (with John Hunt) (2020). Paperback: . High Ground Novels References External links Official Website YouTube Channel: Doug Casey's Take 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 Non-interventionism People from Lamoille County, Vermont Writers from Chicago