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Minor Issues
Mark Thornton
Show • 192 episodes
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Succinct economic commentary by Dr. Mark Thornton, senior fellow at the Mises Institute.
Episodes
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Capital Consumption
Episode • Aug 9
The Great Precious Metal Premium Conspiracy
Episode • Aug 2
Inflation: True or Out of the Blue
Episode • Jul 26
Why Jay Powell’s Fed Will Not Cut Interest Rates
Episode • Jul 19
Who Invented Money?
Episode • Jul 12
Who Really Invented Bitcoin?
Episode • Jul 5
The Coming Crack Up Boom
Episode • Jun 21
The Theory of Interventionism
Episode • Jun 14
The Triumph of Economic Freedom
Episode • May 24
Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?
Episode • May 17
The Gold-Silver Ratio
Episode • May 10
Powell, Trump, and the Austrian Business Cycle Time Bomb
Episode • May 3
Why Do So Many Bad Economists Support the Austrian Position on Free Trade?
Episode • Apr 26
Prospects for Hyperinflation
Episode • Apr 19
The Twin Deficits
Episode • Apr 12
The Silver Lining
Episode • Apr 5
Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century
Episode • Mar 29
Are Economic Crises and Crashes Inevitable?
Episode • Mar 22
The Precarious State of the American Economy
Episode • Mar 15
Extractive Psychology
Episode • Mar 8
Is Amazon a Union-Busting Leviathan?
Episode • Mar 1
The Human Trend
Episode • Feb 22
Tariff Increases vs. Tax Cuts
Episode • Feb 15
Closing Signs
Episode • Feb 8
American Satisfaction
Episode • Feb 1
Modern Piggy Banks
Episode • Jan 25
The Price of Beef
Episode • Jan 18
My Cuban Vacation
Episode • Jan 11
An Economic Forecast for 2025
Episode • Dec 31, 2024
The French Revolution
Episode • Dec 21, 2024
Legalizing Drugs: How to Make America Great Again
Episode • Dec 14, 2024
Fiscal Folly
Episode • Dec 7, 2024
What Has Government Done to Our World?
Episode • Nov 30, 2024
Gold Is the Answer to Prohibition
Episode • Nov 23, 2024
Political Bias in Academia
Episode • Nov 16, 2024
A View from The Top
Episode • Nov 9, 2024
The Great Political Divide in America
Episode • Nov 2, 2024
Prohibition: The Sword of the State
Episode • Oct 26, 2024
Gresham’s Law: Why Bitcoin Will Save the World
Episode • Oct 19, 2024
The Economics of Prepping
Episode • Oct 12, 2024
Your Kids Are Already Communists, and College Will Make It Worse
Episode • Oct 5, 2024
John Maynard Keynes: Mathematician, Investor, and Economist
Episode • Sep 28, 2024
Warren Buffett, Dave Ramsey, and John Maynard Keynes Are Wrong!
Episode • Sep 21, 2024
Is the Skyscraper Curse Dead?
Episode • Sep 14, 2024
Where Will All the Money Go?
Episode • Sep 7, 2024
Old School Economics
Episode • Aug 31, 2024
Past Tense
Episode • Aug 24, 2024
Sri Lanka as a Role Model for the US
Episode • Aug 17, 2024
Techno Unemployment
Episode • Aug 10, 2024
A Tale of Four Cities
Episode • Aug 3, 2024
Inverted, Recessed, and Hung Out to Dry
Episode • Jul 27, 2024
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
Episode • Jul 13, 2024
July 4th Regrets
Episode • Jul 6, 2024
Rushing for the Financial Exits
Episode • Jun 29, 2024
The Oklahoma City Curse, Skyscraper Edition
Episode • Jun 22, 2024
Economic Status Report: AI and the Fed
Episode • Jun 15, 2024
The Montaigne Fallacy
Episode • Jun 1, 2024
Fight Inflation Now
Episode • May 25, 2024
Doctor Copper
Episode • May 18, 2024
Commercial Real Estate's Future
Episode • May 11, 2024
Consumer Confidence
Episode • May 4, 2024
The Great Chocolate Crisis
Episode • Apr 27, 2024
Introducing the Unanimity Podcast
Episode • Apr 20, 2024
The PPI Again!
Episode • Apr 19, 2024
Disappointing News
Episode • Apr 13, 2024
Chokepoints
Episode • Apr 6, 2024
Population
Episode • Mar 30, 2024
The Drug War
Episode • Mar 23, 2024
Golden Opportunities Ahead
Episode • Mar 16, 2024
Free Trade
Episode • Mar 9, 2024
The Prospects of War
Episode • Mar 2, 2024
Anti-Wild Cards
Episode • Feb 24, 2024
Anti-Wild Cards
Episode • Feb 24, 2024
The Fed vs. the Real Economy
Episode • Feb 17, 2024
The Fed vs. the Real Economy
Episode • Feb 17, 2024
Fed Wisdom and the Magnificent Seven
Episode • Feb 10, 2024
Fed Wisdom and the Magnificent Seven
Episode • Feb 10, 2024
Tightwads at the Fed
Episode • Feb 3, 2024
Tightwads at the Fed
Episode • Feb 3, 2024
Measure 110 and Property Rights
Episode • Jan 27, 2024
Measure 110 and Property Rights
Episode • Jan 27, 2024
What Is Inflation for 2024?
Episode • Jan 20, 2024
What Is Inflation for 2024?
Episode • Jan 20, 2024
The Draconian Budget Slashing Act of 2024
Episode • Jan 13, 2024
The Draconian Budget Slashing Act of 2024
Episode • Jan 13, 2024
Secession
Episode • Jan 6, 2024
Secession
Episode • Jan 6, 2024
2023: A Year Reviewed
Episode • Dec 30, 2023
2023: A Year Reviewed
Episode • Dec 30, 2023
The Fed Pivot
Episode • Dec 23, 2023
The Fed Pivot
Episode • Dec 23, 2023
Greenwashing
Episode • Dec 16, 2023
Greenwashing
Episode • Dec 16, 2023
The Oregon Problem
Episode • Dec 9, 2023
The Oregon Problem
Episode • Dec 9, 2023
All-Time Highs!
Episode • Dec 2, 2023
All-Time Highs!
Episode • Dec 2, 2023
Jim Chanos and Stock Markets
Episode • Nov 25, 2023
Jim Chanos and Stock Markets
Episode • Nov 25, 2023
Mohamed El-Erian's New Views on the Fed
Episode • Nov 18, 2023
Mohamed El-Erian's New Views on the Fed
Episode • Nov 18, 2023
Seed Corn and Dry Powder
Episode • Nov 11, 2023
Seed Corn and Dry Powder
Episode • Nov 11, 2023
Monetary Chaos
Episode • Nov 4, 2023
Monetary Chaos
Episode • Nov 4, 2023
On the Cultural Impact of the Paper Dollar
Episode • Oct 28, 2023
On the Cultural Impact of the Paper Dollar
Episode • Oct 28, 2023
Where Did the Dollar Come From?
Episode • Oct 21, 2023
Where Did the Dollar Come From?
Episode • Oct 21, 2023
Separation 101
Episode • Oct 14, 2023
Separation 101
Episode • Oct 14, 2023
Hometown Entrepreneurs in Mississippi
Episode • Oct 7, 2023
Hometown Entrepreneurs in Mississippi
Episode • Oct 7, 2023
The Data Shutdown—Smokescreen?
Episode • Sep 30, 2023
The Data Shutdown—Smokescreen?
Episode • Sep 30, 2023
Touch-and-Go
Episode • Sep 23, 2023
Touch-and-Go
Episode • Sep 23, 2023
Where's the Beef?
Episode • Sep 16, 2023
Where's the Beef?
Episode • Sep 16, 2023
The Producer Price Index
Episode • Sep 9, 2023
The Producer Price Index
Episode • Sep 9, 2023
Navigating by the Stars on a Cloudy Night
Episode • Sep 2, 2023
Navigating by the Stars on a Cloudy Night
Episode • Sep 2, 2023
Why We Need a Crash Landing
Episode • Aug 26, 2023
Why We Need a Crash Landing
Episode • Aug 26, 2023
Crash Landing
Episode • Aug 19, 2023
Crash Landing
Episode • Aug 19, 2023
Update on Toilet Paper
Episode • Aug 12, 2023
Update on Toilet Paper
Episode • Aug 12, 2023
There Are No Constraints on Us Government Borrowing
Episode • Aug 5, 2023
There Are No Constraints on US Government Borrowing
Episode • Aug 5, 2023
Credit Card Debt: Economic Pain Looms
Episode • Jul 29, 2023
Credit Card Debt: Economic Pain Looms
Episode • Jul 29, 2023
Explore the Minor Issues Archives
Episode • Jul 22, 2023
Explore the Minor Issues Archives
Episode • Jul 22, 2023
The Dollar is Down
Episode • Jul 15, 2023
The Dollar is Down
Episode • Jul 15, 2023
Two More Elephants in Your Electric Vehicle
Episode • Jul 8, 2023
Two More Elephants in Your Electric Vehicle
Episode • Jul 8, 2023
The Mystery of the Inverted Yield Curve
Episode • Jul 1, 2023
The Mystery of the Inverted Yield Curve
Episode • Jul 1, 2023
The Reality of the Market Process
Episode • Jun 28, 2023
The Reality of the Market Process
Episode • Jun 28, 2023
Energy Prices
Episode • Jun 3, 2023
Energy Prices
Episode • Jun 3, 2023
Where Is That Darn Recession?
Episode • May 27, 2023
Where Is That Darn Recession?
Episode • May 27, 2023
Dividing the Housing Market
Episode • May 20, 2023
Dividing the Housing Market
Episode • May 20, 2023
Expecting Rate Cuts
Episode • May 13, 2023
Expecting Rate Cuts
Episode • May 13, 2023
Bank Reserves
Episode • May 6, 2023
Bank Reserves
Episode • May 6, 2023
Investing in Gold
Episode • Apr 29, 2023
Investing in Gold
Episode • Apr 29, 2023
Eye on Apple
Episode • Apr 22, 2023
Eye on Apple
Episode • Apr 22, 2023
Things Are Going Down
Episode • Apr 15, 2023
Things Are Going Down
Episode • Apr 15, 2023
The Gold Family
Episode • Apr 8, 2023
The Gold Family
Episode • Apr 8, 2023
The Price of Gold
Episode • Apr 1, 2023
The Price of Gold
Episode • Apr 1, 2023
Inflation Can Get Much Worse
Episode • Mar 25, 2023
Inflation Can Get Much Worse
Episode • Mar 25, 2023
Bank Failures: Runs and Funds
Episode • Mar 18, 2023
Bank Failures: Runs and Funds
Episode • Mar 18, 2023
Toilet Paper
Episode • Mar 11, 2023
Toilet Paper
Episode • Mar 11, 2023
The Fed's "Disinflation" Story Just Flew Out the Window
Episode • Mar 4, 2023
The Fed's "Disinflation" Story Just Flew Out the Window
Episode • Mar 4, 2023
Business Cycle Intel Report
Episode • Feb 25, 2023
Business Cycle Intel Report
Episode • Feb 25, 2023
The Fed's 2% Inflation Target
Episode • Feb 18, 2023
The Fed's 2% Inflation Target
Episode • Feb 18, 2023
Confusing Economic Reports?
Episode • Feb 15, 2023
Confusing Economic Reports?
Episode • Feb 15, 2023
The Paper Numbers Since The Great Recession
Episode • Feb 13, 2023
The Paper Numbers Since The Great Recession
Episode • Feb 13, 2023
The Super Bowl Indicator
Episode • Feb 11, 2023
The Super Bowl Indicator
Episode • Feb 11, 2023
Record Low Unemployment Indicates Trouble Ahead
Episode • Feb 6, 2023
Record Low Unemployment Indicates Trouble Ahead
Episode • Feb 6, 2023
The Fed's Immaculate Disinflation
Episode • Feb 3, 2023
The Fed's Immaculate Disinflation
Episode • Feb 3, 2023
The January Effect
Episode • Jan 30, 2023
The January Effect
Episode • Jan 30, 2023
GDP and 3M
Episode • Jan 28, 2023
GDP and 3M
Episode • Jan 28, 2023
Enough About Me Ep. 46: Kevin McHale
Episode • Dec 29, 2016
The Fate of Nations is in Your Hands!
Episode • Nov 22, 2015
Bill Murray on 1963 Supreme Court decision to Remove Prayer from Public Schools
Episode • Nov 17, 2015
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