Mark Thornton Explains Our Fake Economy

Tags: Booms and Busts, The Fed

07/16/2017 Mark Thornton Jeff Deist

Dr. Mark Thornton joins Mises Weekends to explain the “business cycle” for what it really is: a series of booms (credit expansion) and busts (debt de-leveraging) engineered by central banks.

There’s nothing natural, real, or sustainable about the current Yellen boom—so stay tuned for Mark’s explanation of how it can all unravel.

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