Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFrom Tariffs to Gold: Reading the Regime
Episode 135
On this special episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares his recent interview with Darrell Thomas on VRIC Media. Mark explains how Keynesian ide…
2 months, 1 week ago
Four-Letter Economic Words
Episode 135
In this episode, Mark Thornton offers a practical “seven-word” framework for navigating economic life, especially when policy chaos and uncertainty m…
2 months, 1 week ago
Markets, Manipulation, and Silver-Stacking
Episode 135
Mark Thornton sits down with Ben Mumme of Living Your Greatness for a wide-ranging, long-form conversation, starting with gold and silver’s run-up an…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Giffen Good
Episode 135
Has silver become a Giffen good, the famous textbook anomaly where higher prices supposedly lead to higher demand? In this episode, Mark Thornton arg…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Silver Slammed as Trump Nominates New Fed Chair
Episode 135
In this special episode, Mark Thornton presents a timely interview with Elijah K. Johnson that underscores how quickly “melt-ups” can flip into sharp…
3 months ago
The Division of Labor
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton explains why the modern discussion of the division of labor is distorted by bad theory and polit…
3 months ago
In the Company of Mavericks: Mark Thornton on the Austrian Comeback
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares an in-depth interview with Jeremy McKeown of In the Company of Mavericks on the long riva…
3 months, 1 week ago
Revenge of the Skyscraper Curse
Episode 135
Mark Thornton revisits the Skyscraper Curse—the eerie pattern linking record-height towers to major busts—and argues the next signal is flashing for …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
History of Hyperinflation
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton revisits the history—and present risk—of hyperinflation. Mark explains the threshold that define…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Silver’s Growing Pains
Episode 135
Mark Thornton kicks off 2026 with the new Minor Issues prediction contest (stocks vs. manure) and a hard look at the monetary-metals squeeze. Mark ex…
3 months, 4 weeks ago