Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSilver: Manipulation or Fundamentals?
Episode 135
Is silver “manipulated,” or are fundamentals doing the work? Mark Thornton sifts the evidence and finds a simpler story. Big players have gamed marke…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Nothing Good Starts at the Top
Episode 135
Speaking at the recent Mises Institute Supporters Summit, Mark Thornton argues that lasting reform comes from the bottom up, not from political edict…
6 months ago
Reading Markets the Austrian Way
Episode 135
Mark Thornton reviews David Howden’s data-driven guide to long-horizon investing in commodities, useful even for Austrians wary of statistics. Mark e…
6 months, 1 week ago
Silver’s $50 Moment
Episode 135
Mark Thornton shares a timely conversation from the Liberty & Finance podcast with Elijah K. Johnson. Mark explains why $50 silver is a psychological…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Monetary Metals 101: How Gold and Silver Work in a Free Market
Episode 135
Mark Thornton lays the groundwork for understanding gold and silver before politics gets involved. Mark explains why monetary metals emerge from mark…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Vitamins vs. Technocracy: Lessons from MK-7
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton uses vitamin K2 (MK-7) as a case study in how technocracy goes wrong, elevating cutting-edge fin…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Silver, Subsidies, and the Green Paradox
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton critiques “green” mandates through the seen–unseen lens, contrasting them with conservation grou…
7 months ago
On the Hyperinflation On-Ramp
Episode 135
Mark Thornton returns as a guest on the Liberty and Finance podcast with Dunagun Kaiser to walk through Ludwig von Mises’s three stages of inflation,…
7 months, 1 week ago
Black Swans, Sequestered Capital, and the Next Bust
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton argues that “black swans” aren’t root causes but announcement effects of imbalances created by t…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Road to Hyperinflation
Episode 135
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton takes a provocative look at America’s path toward hyperinflation. Mark walks through Mises’s thr…
7 months, 3 weeks ago