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Back to SearchWhat Adam Smith Left Out of the Pin Factory
Episode 170
Mark Thornton shares his recent Rothbard University lecture on the division of labor, the concept Adam Smith made famous as chapter one of The Wealth…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
War, Easy Money, and the Working-Class Squeeze
Episode 170
Mark Thornton replays his wide-ranging Kitco News interview with Jeremy Szafron, connecting today’s “two economies” to Ludwig von Mises’s Austrian bu…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Predicting Recession
Episode 170
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton opens with a candid assessment of his own prediction record: what he got right, what he got wron…
5 months ago
The Petrodollar Cracks, the Skyscraper Stalls, and the Commodity Firestorm
Episode 170
Mark Thornton opens this episode with a strategic assessment of the war's economic fallout: not the headlines, but the second- and third-order effect…
5 months, 1 week ago
Two Important Graphs and Rick Rule
Episode 170
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton opens with a detailed analysis of the gold correction. Is the three-month decline a sign that in…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Chemistry 101
Episode 170
On this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shows what most economic commentary misses: the market’s intricate structure of production. Starting w…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Mark Thornton on the “Synthetic Boom”
Episode 170
On this Minor Issues episode, Mark Thornton shares his recent interview with "Pinnacle Digest" host Aaron Hodnett. Mark uses Austrian business cycle …
6 months ago
Why War Is Pushing Gold Down and Oil Up
Episode 170
Mark Thornton unpacks a counterintuitive correlation: as the Persian Gulf conflict escalates, oil spikes while gold and silver slide. He explains how…
6 months ago
Gold Whiplash and the Petrodollar
Episode 170
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares his interview with Charlotte McLeod of Investing News Network, unpacking the sharp swings…
6 months, 1 week ago
Central Banks vs. Reality: Gold’s Signal in a War Economy
Episode 170
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton discusses the recent whiplash in precious metals: historic run-ups, sharp pullbacks, and renewed…
6 months, 2 weeks ago