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"The road is cleared," said Galt.
"We are going back to the world."
He raised his hand
and over the desolate earth
he traced in space
the sign of the dollar.

From Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand

From each as they choose,
to each as they are chosen.

From Anarchy, State and Utopia
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"there is some shit I will not eat"

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About Donald Luskin
Meet the author and unindicted counter-conspirator...


Portrait by Lucas Samaras, American, born 1936.

On the set of Altered States, a film by Ken Russell, 1980. Photo-transformation on Polaroid SX-70 Film, 1979 (collection of the author).


Day job  

Chief investment officer, Trend Macrolytics LLC, an independent economics and investment consulting firm serving institutional investors

Career  

1999-2001 Founder and CEO, MetaMarkets.com, Inc. -- managers of OpenFund, the world's first interactive mutual fund
1987-1998 Vice chairman, Barclays Global Investors (formerly Wells Fargo Investment Advisors) -- inventors of the world's first index fund and quantitative investment management
1984-1987 Senior vice president, Jefferies & Company -- founder of Investment Technology Group and inventor of POSIT, the world's first portfolio crossing network
1979-1984 Hedge fund manager, market maker on Chicago Board Options Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange

Television  

CNBC: regular guest on "Kudlow & Company"
Bloomberg TV, CNN, Fox News

Commentary  

Commentaries for National Review Online | Latest | Archive
"Ahead of the Curve" column for SmartMoney.com | Latest | Archive
Former columnist for TheStreet.com and Business 2.0
Commentaries or articles in Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, The Journal of Portfolio Management, American Specatator, CapitalismMagazine.com, Pensions & Investments, San Jose Mercury News
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Books  

Index Options & Futures: The Complete Guide (Wiley 1986)
Portfolio Insurance: A Guide to Dynamic Hedging Editor: includes papers by Luskin, Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, Mark Rubinstein, John Cox, Stephen Ross, Mark Kritzman and others (Wiley 1987)

Education  

Attended Yale in 1973-1974; dropped out to rejoin the real world as soon as possible