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Episode 123
In the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton unpacks a deceptively simple question and follows its answer deep into the heart of economic his…
6 months ago
Who Really Invented Bitcoin?
Episode 123
In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton revisits a prophetic 1970s address by Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek that laid the intellectual groundwork …
6 months, 1 week ago
The War They Promised Not to Start
Episode 123
In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton features his recent appearance on the Liberty and Finance podcast. Mark pulls back the curtain on the …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Coming Crack Up Boom
Episode 123
On this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton unpacks the unfolding economic crisis through the lens of Ludwig von Mises’s “crack-up boom.” With inf…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Theory of Interventionism
Episode 123
On this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton dives into Murray Rothbard’s theory of interventionism. Mark explores how Rothbard sharply delineates …
7 months ago
Preparing for War
Episode 123
In this episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton explores how nations quietly prepare for war—and what the corporate media isn’t telling you. From Euro…
7 months, 1 week ago
Impressed at Vicksburg
Episode 111
In this episode, Mark Thornton shares his recent Revisionist History of War Conference talk on a lesser-known factor in the American Civil War: the C…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Triumph of Economic Freedom
Episode 111
In this episode, Mark Thornton discusses The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism, the new book by Sen…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?
Episode 111
On Economics Explored, host Gene Tunny and guest Dr. Mark Thornton discuss the "Skyscraper Curse," the uncanny correlation between constructing the w…
8 months ago
The Gold-Silver Ratio
Episode 111
In this episode of the Minor Issues Podcast, Mark Thornton unpacks the fascinating world of the gold-silver ratio. Once a key player in bimetallism d…
8 months, 1 week ago