John Pugsley

John A. Pugsley is an American conservative libertarian political and economics commentator, lecturer [ [http://www.freedomfest.com/speakers/bio_pugsley.htm FreedomFest Speakers List, 2007] ] , and author.

Biography

Pugsley was born in Minnesota. He attended El Camino Junior College, the University of Florida, and graduated from UCLA. After serving in the U.S. Army, he spent a year cruising on a 38-foot sailboat, and another year living in Mexico with his wife and children. He then returned to the U.S. and spent the next two decades as a businessman. [ [http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/shownews.php?nid=210 A brief biography of John A. Pugsley] ]

In the late 1960s Pugsley entered the investment business, where founded a publishing company (The Common Sense Press) and wrote his first book, "Common Sense Economics". It sold over 150,000 hardcover copies. [ [http://www.dailyreckoning.com/Writers/JohnPugsley.html John Pugsley Biography at WorldNet Daily] ] His second book, "The Alpha Strategy" (1980), was on the New York Times bestseller list for nine weeks in 1981. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950566,00.html?promoid=googlep Best Sellers - Time Magazine Best Sellers] ] Pugsley now distributes a PDF format edition of the book, free of charge. [ [http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/zcontent/alpha_strategy.pdf book2 preface ] ] Even after 28 years in circulation (as of 2008), "The Alpha Strategy" is considered a standard reference on stocking up on food and household goods as a hedge against inflation. This has made the book popular with survivalists. [ [http://www.survivalblog.com/2008/04/time_for_retreat_logistics_sta.html SurvivalBlog.com mention of Pugsley's book] ] [ [http://www.survivalblog.com/2007/12/coping_with_inflationsome_stra.html SurvivalBlog.com mention of Pugsley's book] ]

In 1975 he began a newsletter on economic and political events, "Common Sense Viewpoint" (1974), which had 30,000 subscribers at its peak. [ [http://www.sovereignsociety.com/offshore1851.html Sovereign Society web page on John Pugsley] ] In 1988 he began publication of "John Pugsley's Journal", an investment-economic newsletter covering political, economic, and investment topics. [ [http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/shownews.php?nid=210 A brief biography of John A. Pugsley ] ]

In the mid-1970s, after reading E.O. Wilson's book, "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis", Pugsley began to study evolutionary biology. As his study continued over the subsequent 25 years, Pugsley founded The Bio-Rational Institute. [ [http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/shownews.php?nid=210 A brief biography of John A. Pugsley ] ]

Pugsley is one of the original members of The Eris Society. [ [http://www.erissociety.org/ The Eris Society ] ] In 1997, Pugsley helped to found The Sovereign Society, an international organization dedicated to maintaining the privacy and protecting the wealth and liberty of its members. The society is primarily geared toward expatriate relocation and offshore banking and trusts. [ [http://www.sovereignsociety.com/offshore1851.html John Pugsley ] ] Pugsley is currently Chairman of the society [ [http://www.sovereignsociety.com/offshore1851.html John Pugsley ] ] , and writes a monthly column for their e-newsletter "The Sovereign Individual." In 2006, Pugsley founded "The Stealth Investor", a weekly e-letter stock advisory letter. [//www.stealthinvestor.com/ The Stealth Investor] ] He also writes for "The Daily Reckoning"e-newsletter. [ [http://www.dailyreckoning.com/Writers/JohnPugsley.html John Pugsley's web page at The Sovereign Society web site] ] Pugsley advocates blue water sailing for individuals with an interest in expatriation. [ [http://www.escapeartist.com/international/eris_island_three.html Life on Eris Island, part 3, Setting sail at long last: glorious days in the Bahamas ] ]

Pugsley currently lives in Carlsbad, California [ [http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/shownews.php?nid=210 A brief biography of John A. Pugsley ] ] , and just prior to moving to Carlsbad he lived aboard the 50-foot sloop named "Eris Island" in the Abacos, Bahamas, along with Kiana Delamare. [ [http://www.escapeartist.com/international/eris_island_three.html Life on Eris Island, part 3, Setting sail at long last: glorious days in the Bahamas ] ] Delamare has written for "EscapeArtist.com" [ [http://www.escapeartist.com/international/eris_island_three.html Life on Eris Island, part 3, Setting sail at long last: glorious days in the Bahamas ] ] and the "International Living" e-newsletter. [ [http://www.internationalliving.com/publications/freereports__1/life_high_seas A New Life on the High Seas] ] According to papers filed with the United States SEC in 1997, Pugsley and Delamare were briefly Directors of the Minco Metals and Mining Corporation. [ [http://www.secinfo.com/dsVs8.85d.9.htm SEC Info - Minco Mining & Metals Corp - 20FR12G - On 5/29/97 - EX-3.C ] ]

Pugsley has a blog that as of 2008 was not frequently updated. [ [http://pugsleyblog.sovereignsociety.com/ John Pugsley - The Anarchist ] ]

Books authored

*"Common Sense Economics" (1975)
*"The Alpha Strategy: The Ultimate Plan of Financial Self-Defense for the Small Investor" (1980)

ee also

*Retreat (survivalism)
*Survivalism
*Self-sufficiency

References

External links

* [http://www.biorationalinstitute.com The Biorational Institute]
* [http://pugsleyblog.sovereignsociety.com/ Pugsley's Blog]
* [http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/zcontent/alpha_strategy.pdf PDF of "The Alpha Strategy"]
* [http://www.sovereignsociety.com The Sovereign Society]
* [http://www.escapeartist.com EscapeArtist.com]
* [http://www.erissociety.org/ The Eris Society]

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