Thornton: The Skyscrapers Are Coming!

09/25/2015 Mises Wire Mises Institute

Senior Fellow Mark Thornton is interviewed on The Power & Market Report. Dr. Thornton discusses the Skyscraper curse in Auburn, Alabama, the relationship between skyscrapers and the Austrian business cycle, and why the market forgets about crises.

Read the Mises Daily article mentioned in the interview here.

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