Booms and Busts

Is there a real connection between skyscraper records and economic crisis, or is it coincidence?

Interviewed by host Angel Clark, Mark Thornton explains and discusses the Skyscraper Index and what it can tell us about the economy.

Interviewed by host Tom Woods, Mark Thornton discusses the Skyscraper Index.

Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell, Peter Klein discusses some remedies to get the U.S.

Interviewed by host Marina Dzhashi, Mark Thornton discusses the U.S.

The two largest economic crises in Latin America in the last 60 years occurred after the two largest periods of loose monetary policy by the Fed: 1980 and 2009.

Many argue the bigger the boom the greater the bust.

The Fed made a monumental mistake, and does not know how to get out of the trap it set upon itself.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton explains the Austrian Business Cycle Theory and the current state of the U.S. economy.

Austrian economists have a long record of spotting bubbles in the economy.