--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: clips@philodox.com Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:42:38 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <clips@philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Harry Browne Dies Reply-To: rah@philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces@philodox.com <http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews-Print.asp?nid=8666> - Free Market News Network FMNN OFFICER HARRY BROWNE DIES Thursday, March 02, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com Harry Browne, former president of Free Market News Network, Corp., has died at home after a long illness. Mr. Browne, a best-selling author and Libertarian political star, was a leading force in FMNN's energetic growth in the mid 2000s; his television program, This Week in Liberty, routinely attracted praise for its moral clarity and political lucidity. In 1996 and 2000, Mr. Browne was the nominee of the Libertarian Party for President of the United States. He also served as Director of Public Policy for the DownsizeDC.org, and as a consultant to the Permanent Portfolio family of mutual funds. Throughout the mid and late-20th century, he was a popular public speaker who appeared on the Today show, Wall $treet Week, The Larry King Show, and hundreds of other national and local radio and television shows. Mr. Browne was little known in the investment world when his first book, How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation, was published in 1970. Recognizing the disastrous monetary policy of the U.S. government, he warned that the dollar would be devalued, inflation could be severe, and gold, silver, and foreign currencies should skyrocket in value. The book's theme clashed with the prevailing wisdom, but it struck a chord with tens of thousands of Americans, and the book made the New York Times bestseller list. This was only the first of a number of Harry Browne bestsellers. In late 1994, Browne announced his Libertarian candidacy for president and received 485,759 votes on Election Day, the second highest total in Libertarian Party history. In 2000, he was again nominated to represent the Libertarian Party and garnered more than 382,000 votes, despite a tight race between the two major parties. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips@philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'