Media and Culture
50. The Real Ethics Problem in America
Section Six: Truth and Lies about Markets. Narrated by Harold L. Fritsche.
Wall Street and Main Street in Fiction and Film
A good story, told through a novel, play, or film is more likely to affect one’s views of economics and human nature than is any well-footnoted and didactic tome.
President Obama on Inequality: Rhetoric vs. Reality
President Obama has recently promoted inequality as a fundamental threat to our way of life, saying, “The combined trends of increased inequality a
Republic vs. Democracy
Interviewed by Ken McClenton on Blog Talk Radio’s “The Exceptional Conservative Show,” Mark Thornton discusses whether the Republ
Austrian Economics, Alternative Currencies, and SEC Football
Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton talks about alternative currencies, the history of U.S.
Lawyers, Film, and Money: Copyrighting the First Movies
The advent of film, as a creative medium, presented a challenge to the historical understanding of copyrights.
Fama, Hansen, and Shiller
Mark Thornton discusses the three American winners of the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.