The Economics of Freedom

Tags: Booms and Busts, Taxes and Spending, U.S. Economy

05/07/2014 Mark Thornton

Interviewed by host John O’Donnell, Mark Thornton discusses the state of the economy and jobs, why inflation will continue to erode the quality of life for boomers, and why Austrian Economists were able to call the housing bubble forming and the bust in 2006.

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