3/7/25 Mark Thornton on the Precarious State of the American Economy

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Economist Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute returns to the show for a quick look at the state of the economy. He and Scott zoom out and try to determine where in the cycle between artificial booms and recessions we find ourselves. Discussed on the show: Anatomy of the Crash Extractive Psychology - Minor Issues Podcast with Mark Thornton Mark Thornton is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute. His most recent book is The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century. Follow him on Twitter @DrMarkThornton This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.9	Hey, you guys, on the line once again for the first time and way too long, I've got
0:41.5	the great Mark Thornton from the Ludwig von Mises Institute, where they practice Austrian
0:48.1	economics.
0:49.4	And he's written some books, including the economics of prohibition and tariffs blockades and
0:57.4	inflation.
0:58.8	The economics of the Civil War.
1:02.5	Welcome back to the show.
1:03.4	How you doing?
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1:05.9	It's great to be back on the program.
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1:09.7	Thank you very much.
1:10.6	Appreciate that. And very happy to have you back on the show and congratulations on your book. Thank you very much. Appreciate that and very happy
1:12.4	to have you back on the show here. We've got important things to talk about, but way too many
1:18.9	of them, in fact, I'm going to have to really try to narrow it down. There are two things I really
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