As the Bubble Bursts

Tags: Monetary Theory, Booms and Busts, U.S. Economy

06/25/2013 Mark Thornton

Interviewed by host Scott Horton, Mark Thornton talks about how Austrian economists recognized the housing bubble long before it burst, the stock market’s meteoric rise and record levels of investor margin/leverage, a possible future ratings downgrade on US debt, and the crony capitalists among us.

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