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Mark Thornton is the Peterson-Luddy Chair in Austrian Economics and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. He serves as the Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. His publications include The Economics of Prohibition (1991), Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War (2004), The Quotable Mises (2005), The Bastiat Collection (2007), An Essay on Economic Theory (2010), The Bastiat Reader (2014), and The Skyscraper Curse and How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Crisis of the Last Century (2018).

Dr. Thornton served as the editor of the Austrian Economics Newsletter and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Libertarian Studies and several other academic journals. He has served as a member of the graduate faculties of Auburn University and Columbus State University. He has also taught economics at Auburn University at Montgomery and Trinity University in Texas. Mark served as Assistant Superintendent of Banking and economic adviser to Governor Fob James of Alabama (1997-1999), and he was awarded the University Research Award at Columbus State University in 2002. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and received his PhD in economics from Auburn University. In 2014, he debated in opposition to the "War on Drugs" at Oxford Union.

Dr. Thornton has been featured in American Spectator, Barron's, Bloomberg, Christian Science Monitor, The Economist, Forbes, Investors' Business Daily, Le Monde, New York Post, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Economic Times (India), Financial Times (Norway), and Tejarat-e-Farda (Iran). He has also had regular multiple appearances on Russia Today and Press TV

His editorials and interviews have appeared in the following leading regional newspapers: Apple Daily (Hong Kong), Atlanta Constitution, Birmingham News, Business Alabama, Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, Mobile Press Register, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, Montgomery Advertiser, New York Post, Orange County Register, Richmond Times Dispatch, Tampa Tribune, and the Washington Times

His commentary appears regularly in the Mises Daily and the Mises Wire. He also appears regularly on "Boom-Bust," "RT," "Butler on Business," "Tom Woods Show," "Thom Hartmann Show," "Scott Horton Show," "Press TV and "Freedom Works."

The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century

La FedCiclos EconómicosDinero y Banca

07/10/2018Books
In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, the economics profession suffered a blow to what reputation it had. But unlike most of his colleagues, Mark Thornton was vindicated by 2008. Mark has been a voice of sanity at times when the wild interventions of the Federal Reserve have caused otherwise...
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The Economics of Prohibition

SaludEl Estado policial

12/01/1991Books
It is conventional wisdom that alcohol prohibition failed, but the economic reasons for this failure have never been as extensively detailed or analyzed as they are in this study by Mark Thornton.
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All Works

Esperando recortes de tipos

Auges y caídasLa FedMercados financierosEconomía de EEUU

05/13/2023Mises Media
Tras una larga serie de subidas de tipos, esperemos que las expectativas de tipos de interés no se vean distorsionadas por otros factores de la realidad.
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Reservas bancarias

Auges y caídasLibertad económicaMercados financierosEconomía de EEUU

05/06/2023Mises Media
Mark explica el papel de las reservas bancarias en el «sistema» actual y expone brevemente por qué el punto de vista austriaco es mejor y realmente cumple su cometido.
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Ojo sobre Apple

Mercados financierosEconomía de EEUU

04/22/2023Mises Media
Los observadores del mercado no han perdido de vista a Apple en su camino hacia un nuevo máximo histórico, pero a Mark le preocupa.
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Mercado laboral de los EEUU: se busca ayuda

Auges y caídasInflaciónDesempleo

Blog12/26/2022

El desempleo sigue siendo bajo, pero por razones equivocadas. Unas tasas de desempleo bajas no son señal de que la economía vaya bien.

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Austeridad: una solución real para sanear la economía de los EEUU

Burocracia y regulaciónPolítica económicaEconomía de EEUU

Blog12/15/2022

Economistas como Paul Krugman han afirmado que la práctica de la austeridad en el gobierno dañaría la economía de EEUU. Como señala Mark Thornton, ocurre lo contrario: la austeridad funciona.

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