Ep. 0168: Mark Thornton on Red Tide & Skyscrapers

In this DHP episode, CJ talks to economist Mark Thornton. Mark is Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. He serves as the Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. His publications include The Economics of Prohibition (1991), Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War (2004), The Quotable Mises (2005), The Bastiat Collection (2007), An Essay on Economic Theory (2010), The Bastiat Reader (2014), and his latest, The Skyscraper Curse and How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Crisis of the Last Century (2018). Join CJ & Mark as they discuss: A recent article Mark wrote about the current red tide problems along Florida's Gulf coast, and how this is significantly exacerbated by the government's environmental, agricultural, and trade policiesMark's latest book, The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century, which explains the link between record-setting skyscrapers and economic downturns using Austrian business cycle theorySupport the Dangerous History Podcast via Patreon CJ's Dangerous Amazon Bibliography CJ’s DHP Amazon Wish List Other ways to support the show The Dangerous History Podcast is a member of the Recorded History Podcast Network, the Dark Myths Podcast Collective& LRN.fm’s podcast roster. External Links Link to The Skyscraper Curse on mises.org - get free electronic copies or order hard copiesMark's recent article about the current red tide problem on Florida's Gulf CoastMark's full bioInternal Links DHP Ep. 0141: Draining the Swamp: The War on the EvergladesDHP Ep. 0143: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 1DHP Ep. 0144: Rise of the Cane Kingdom, Part 2DHP Ep. 0110: Twenty-One Key Concepts & Theories, Part 2 (in which I discuss some of the economic theories relevant to this episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices