Legal System

Not only are the NSA’s activities being scrutinized, but the court system of secret judicial rulings is being subjected to the light of day.

Interviewed by host Marc Clair, Mark Thornton differentiates between the mainstream approach to an issue and an Austrian or free market approach.

Interviewed by host Thom Hartmann, Mark Thornton explains why the minimum wage actually hurts the workers it is supposed to help.

The state’s creation of patent and copyright interests doesn’t prevent innovations, but it does erect hurdles that discourage research. The “traditional enemies of innovation [are] inertia and vested interest,” factors contributed to by the government practice of giving inventors protection from competitors.

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Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell, Mark Thornton discusses the legalization of Marijuana and its economic impact, as well as

The singular brilliance of the debt ceiling is that it keeps reminding everyone that there is a growing national debt that never seems to shrink. That is a tremendous service to American citizens who live in the dark regarding the borrowing machinations of their political overlords.

Writing today at LRC, Mises Institute Di

The advent of film, as a creative medium, presented a challenge to the historical understanding of copyrights.