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Succinct economic commentary by Dr. Mark Thornton, senior fellow at the Mises Institute.
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The Triumph of Economic Freedom
May 24
Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?
May 17
The Gold-Silver Ratio
May 10
Powell, Trump, and the Austrian Business Cycle Time Bomb
May 3
Why Do So Many Bad Economists Support the Austrian Position on Free Trade?
Apr 26
Prospects for Hyperinflation
Apr 19
The Twin Deficits
Apr 12
The Silver Lining
Apr 5
Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century
Mar 29
Are Economic Crises and Crashes Inevitable?
Mar 22
The Precarious State of the American Economy
Mar 15
Extractive Psychology
Mar 8
Is Amazon a Union-Busting Leviathan?
Mar 1
The Human Trend
Feb 22
Tariff Increases vs. Tax Cuts
Feb 15
Closing Signs
Feb 8
American Satisfaction
Feb 1
Modern Piggy Banks
Jan 25
The Price of Beef
Jan 18
My Cuban Vacation
Jan 11
An Economic Forecast for 2025
Dec 31, 2024
The French Revolution
Dec 21, 2024
Legalizing Drugs: How to Make America Great Again
Dec 14, 2024
Fiscal Folly
Dec 7, 2024
What Has Government Done to Our World?
Nov 30, 2024
Gold Is the Answer to Prohibition
Nov 23, 2024
Political Bias in Academia
Nov 16, 2024
A View from The Top
Nov 9, 2024
The Great Political Divide in America
Nov 2, 2024
Prohibition: The Sword of the State
Oct 26, 2024
Gresham’s Law: Why Bitcoin Will Save the World
Oct 19, 2024
The Economics of Prepping
Oct 12, 2024
Your Kids Are Already Communists, and College Will Make It Worse
Oct 5, 2024
John Maynard Keynes: Mathematician, Investor, and Economist
Sep 28, 2024
Warren Buffett, Dave Ramsey, and John Maynard Keynes Are Wrong!
Sep 21, 2024
Is the Skyscraper Curse Dead?
Sep 14, 2024
Where Will All the Money Go?
Sep 7, 2024
Old School Economics
Aug 31, 2024
Past Tense
Aug 24, 2024
Sri Lanka as a Role Model for the US
Aug 17, 2024
Techno Unemployment
Aug 10, 2024
A Tale of Four Cities
Aug 3, 2024
Inverted, Recessed, and Hung Out to Dry
Jul 27, 2024
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
Jul 13, 2024
July 4th Regrets
Jul 6, 2024
Rushing for the Financial Exits
Jun 29, 2024
The Oklahoma City Curse, Skyscraper Edition
Jun 22, 2024
Economic Status Report: AI and the Fed
Jun 15, 2024
The Montaigne Fallacy
Jun 1, 2024
Fight Inflation Now
May 25, 2024
Doctor Copper
May 18, 2024
Commercial Real Estate's Future
May 11, 2024
Consumer Confidence
May 4, 2024
The Great Chocolate Crisis
Apr 27, 2024
Introducing the Unanimity Podcast
Apr 20, 2024
The PPI Again!
Apr 19, 2024
Disappointing News
Apr 11, 2024
Chokepoints
Apr 5, 2024
Population
Mar 28, 2024
The Drug War
Mar 22, 2024
Golden Opportunities Ahead
Mar 16, 2024
Free Trade
Mar 9, 2024
The Prospects of War
Mar 2, 2024
Anti-Wild Cards
Feb 24, 2024
Anti-Wild Cards
Feb 23, 2024
The Fed vs. the Real Economy
Feb 17, 2024
The Fed vs. the Real Economy
Feb 16, 2024
Fed Wisdom and the Magnificent Seven
Feb 10, 2024
Fed Wisdom and the Magnificent Seven
Feb 9, 2024
Tightwads at the Fed
Feb 3, 2024
Tightwads at the Fed
Feb 2, 2024
Measure 110 and Property Rights
Jan 27, 2024
Measure 110 and Property Rights
Jan 25, 2024
What Is Inflation for 2024?
Jan 20, 2024
What Is Inflation for 2024?
Jan 19, 2024
The Draconian Budget Slashing Act of 2024
Jan 13, 2024
The Draconian Budget Slashing Act of 2024
Jan 12, 2024
Secession
Jan 6, 2024
Secession
Jan 5, 2024
2023: A Year Reviewed
Dec 30, 2023
2023: A Year Reviewed
Dec 27, 2023
The Fed Pivot
Dec 23, 2023
The Fed Pivot
Dec 22, 2023
Greenwashing
Dec 16, 2023
Greenwashing
Dec 14, 2023
The Oregon Problem
Dec 9, 2023
The Oregon Problem
Dec 8, 2023
All-Time Highs!
Dec 2, 2023
All-Time Highs!
Nov 30, 2023
Jim Chanos and Stock Markets
Nov 25, 2023
Jim Chanos and Stock Markets
Nov 21, 2023
Mohamed El-Erian's New Views on the Fed
Nov 18, 2023
Mohamed El-Erian's New Views on the Fed
Nov 17, 2023
Seed Corn and Dry Powder
Nov 11, 2023
Seed Corn and Dry Powder
Nov 10, 2023
Monetary Chaos
Nov 4, 2023
Monetary Chaos
Nov 2, 2023
On the Cultural Impact of the Paper Dollar
Oct 28, 2023
On the Cultural Impact of the Paper Dollar
Oct 25, 2023
Where Did the Dollar Come From?
Oct 21, 2023
Where Did the Dollar Come From?
Oct 20, 2023
Separation 101
Oct 14, 2023
Separation 101
Oct 12, 2023
Hometown Entrepreneurs in Mississippi
Oct 7, 2023
Hometown Entrepreneurs in Mississippi
Oct 6, 2023
The Data Shutdown—Smokescreen?
Sep 30, 2023
The Data Shutdown—Smokescreen?
Sep 29, 2023
Touch-and-Go
Sep 23, 2023
Touch-and-Go
Sep 22, 2023
Where's the Beef?
Sep 16, 2023
Where's the Beef?
Sep 14, 2023
The Producer Price Index
Sep 9, 2023
The Producer Price Index
Sep 8, 2023
Navigating by the Stars on a Cloudy Night
Sep 2, 2023
Navigating by the Stars on a Cloudy Night
Aug 31, 2023
Why We Need a Crash Landing
Aug 26, 2023
Why We Need a Crash Landing
Aug 25, 2023
Crash Landing
Aug 19, 2023
Crash Landing
Aug 18, 2023
Update on Toilet Paper
Aug 12, 2023
Update on Toilet Paper
Aug 11, 2023
There Are No Constraints on Us Government Borrowing
Aug 5, 2023
There Are No Constraints on US Government Borrowing
Aug 2, 2023
Credit Card Debt: Economic Pain Looms
Jul 29, 2023
Credit Card Debt: Economic Pain Looms
Jul 29, 2023
Explore the Minor Issues Archives
Jul 22, 2023
Explore the Minor Issues Archives
Jul 22, 2023
The Dollar is Down
Jul 15, 2023
The Dollar is Down
Jul 14, 2023
Two More Elephants in Your Electric Vehicle
Jul 8, 2023
Two More Elephants in Your Electric Vehicle
Jul 8, 2023
The Mystery of the Inverted Yield Curve
Jul 1, 2023
The Mystery of the Inverted Yield Curve
Jun 30, 2023
The Reality of the Market Process
Jun 28, 2023
The Reality of the Market Process
Jun 27, 2023
Energy Prices
Jun 3, 2023
Energy Prices
Jun 2, 2023
Where Is That Darn Recession?
May 27, 2023
Where Is That Darn Recession?
May 25, 2023
Dividing the Housing Market
May 20, 2023
Dividing the Housing Market
May 19, 2023
Expecting Rate Cuts
May 13, 2023
Expecting Rate Cuts
May 10, 2023
Bank Reserves
May 6, 2023
Bank Reserves
May 5, 2023
Investing in Gold
Apr 29, 2023
Investing in Gold
Apr 27, 2023
Eye on Apple
Apr 22, 2023
Eye on Apple
Apr 21, 2023
Things Are Going Down
Apr 15, 2023
Things Are Going Down
Apr 12, 2023
The Gold Family
Apr 8, 2023
The Gold Family
Apr 7, 2023
The Price of Gold
Apr 1, 2023
The Price of Gold
Mar 31, 2023
Inflation Can Get Much Worse
Mar 25, 2023
Inflation Can Get Much Worse
Mar 24, 2023
Bank Failures: Runs and Funds
Mar 18, 2023
Bank Failures: Runs and Funds
Mar 18, 2023
Toilet Paper
Mar 11, 2023
Toilet Paper
Mar 7, 2023
The Fed's "Disinflation" Story Just Flew Out the Window
Mar 4, 2023
The Fed's "Disinflation" Story Just Flew Out the Window
Mar 2, 2023
Business Cycle Intel Report
Feb 25, 2023
Business Cycle Intel Report
Feb 23, 2023
The Fed's 2% Inflation Target
Feb 18, 2023
The Fed's 2% Inflation Target
Feb 17, 2023
Confusing Economic Reports?
Feb 15, 2023
Confusing Economic Reports?
Feb 15, 2023
The Paper Numbers Since The Great Recession
Feb 13, 2023
The Super Bowl Indicator
Feb 11, 2023
The Paper Numbers Since The Great Recession
Feb 10, 2023
The Super Bowl Indicator
Feb 10, 2023
Record Low Unemployment Indicates Trouble Ahead
Feb 6, 2023
The Fed's Immaculate Disinflation
Feb 6, 2023
The January Effect
Feb 6, 2023
GDP and 3M
Feb 6, 2023
Record Low Unemployment Indicates Trouble Ahead
Feb 6, 2023
The Fed's Immaculate Disinflation
Feb 3, 2023
The January Effect
Jan 30, 2023
GDP and 3M
Jan 28, 2023
Enough About Me Ep. 46: Kevin McHale
Dec 29, 2016 • 44m
Bill Murray on 1963 Supreme Court decision to Remove Prayer from Public Schools
Nov 17, 2015 • 28m
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