In the Company of Mavericks - The Austrian School with Dr Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute

In this episode, Progressive's Jeremy McKeown is joined Dr Mark Thornton of Auburn University and the Mises Institute for a discussion on the Austrian School and its growth since the early 1980s. At that time, they were both undergraduates reading works such as Hayek's The Road to Serfdom, von Mises' Human Action, and Rothbard's Man, Economy & State. And it turns out that they may have met previously, 45 years ago. It is sometimes a small world. They had a great conversation in which Mark outlined his optimistic view of how Austrian ideas can help us understand the investment landscape, the broader significance of Milei's reform agenda, and our world where human action seeks opportunities in non-fiat money. Mark's published works include The Skyscraper Curse: How Austrian Economics Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century. Additionally, articles, digests, and podcasts from the Mises Institute, which provides extensive freely available content for those keen to learn more about the Austrian way of thinking and its growing relevance to our times.