Minor Issues
Succinct economic commentary by Dr. Mark Thornton, senior fellow at the Mises Institute.
The latest political hot potato puts our standard of living at a critical crossroads. Mark Thornton identifies the missing road signs.
It was not long ago that signs for “Help Wanted” seemed to be in every store window. However, those signs are now being replaced.
Opinion polls and the latest electoral results are at odds with the facts as presented by mainstream media and government statistical offices. What is going on?
Pundits have labeled piggy banks small change, irrational and wasteful, “just sitting around doing nothing.” As usual, they are wrong.
Is there a magic wand to solve the problem of high beef prices? Yes, actually.
Americans and Cubans have been deprived of trade and travel. Who benefits?
Mark Thornton looks forward to 2025—and a little bit backward at 2024—and projects what we might see in the coming new year.
What happens when the Department of Government Efficiency fails? Human devolution or political revolution? Or both? Mark Thornton discusses some pertinent lessons from the French Revolution.
Is marijuana the magic elixir for economic performance and a cure for the Fed’s inflation?
Government spending does not reflect true economic value the way personal spending does.
In What Has Government Done to Our Money? Murray Rothbard changes your whole view of the world—not just money.
The gold standard hampers the growth of government power, which helps people more effectively fight bad policy.
Yes, college professors are 10-to-1 Democrats over Republicans.
Very difficult economic headwinds of the business cycle are coming right at us.
When politics invades our lives, cooperation is replaced with coercion and conflict.
Prohibition is one way the government swings the fist of violence into our daily lives.
Does bad money drive out good money? Mark Thornton discusses one of the most impactful principles of modern society.
Why do people prep? Are preppers irrational and out of touch with reality?
The only critical thinking in modern academia that stands out, is criticisms of capitalism—real and imagined.
