U.S. Economy

Mark Thornton explains why the government's latest unemployment numbers are a sham, and the labor market is nowhere near recovered.

Mark Thornton critiques Thomas Piketty's recent bestseller, and explains why capitalism is not the problem, nor are taxation and redistribution of wealth the solutions.

The latest GDP report for the first quarter can be reviewed here.

Mark Thornton explains why the latest government GDP numbers are bogus.

Mark Thornton refutes the recent Washington Post attack on Austrian Economics.

Peter Klein answers a viewer's question, and discusses the growing evidence of asset price inflation.

Joe Salerno dismantles the Council of Economic Advisers' latest report touting the success of the 2009 stimulus, five years later.

Mark Thornton explains what the latest government employment report really tells us.

Peter Klein articulates several reasons why our current "Healthcare System" is so expensive, and explains how only the free market can halt the escalating costs.

Interviewed by host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton explains fractional reserve banking and describes how we can ease our way out of the Federal Reserve