Nationality United States | Name Mark Thornton Role Economist | |
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Born June 7, 1960 (age 63) ( 1960-06-07 ) Influences Frederic Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Lew Rockwell Education St. Bonaventure University, Auburn University Fields Economic history, Political Economy Influenced by Frederic Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Llewellyn Rockwell Books Meditation in a New York Min, Tariffs - Blockades - and Inflati, Bridesmen of Madison County, The Souls of Dumah, Once Upon a Wolf | ||
School or tradition Austrian School | ||
The economics of the civil war lecture 1 mark thornton
Mark Thornton is an American economist of the Austrian School. He has written on the topic of prohibition of drugs, the economics of the American Civil War, and the "Skyscraper Index". He is a Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Alabama and a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute.
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- The economics of the civil war lecture 1 mark thornton
- The economics of the civil war lecture 8 mark thornton
- Life and academic career
- Prohibition studies
- Political activities
- Books
- References
The economics of the civil war lecture 8 mark thornton
Life and academic career
Thornton grew up in Geneva, New York in an Irish Catholic family of entrepreneurs who were "Democrat in politics".
Thornton received his B.S. from St. Bonaventure University (1982), and his Ph.D. from Auburn University (1989). Thornton taught economics at Auburn University. He formerly taught at Columbus State University where he was awarded the Faculty Research and Scholarship Award in 2002. He is now a Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, where he is book review editor for its Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. He has written about prohibition-related issues.
Prohibition studies
Thornton's first book, The Economics of Prohibition, was praised by Thornton's supervisor at the Mises Institute, its vice-president Murray Rothbard, who is quoted on the book cover of the 2007 edition as writing: "Thornton's book... arrives to fill an enormous gap, and it does so splendidly...This is an excellent work making an important contribution to scholarship as well as to the public policy debate." Reviewer David R. Henderson of the Hoover Institution wrote, "Thornton’s book contains much valuable information on prohibition and cites many sources. But the economically literate book on prohibition that makes a case for legalization has yet to be written." Thornton debated the War on Drugs at Oxford Union in 2014.
Libertarian organizations have published Thornton's articles on drug and alcohol prohibition, and he was once interviewed on the topic of prohibition by Agence France-Presse. Thornton contributed a chapter to Jefferson Fish's book How to Legalize Drugs.
Political activities
Thornton ran for U.S. Congress in 1984. Thornton has been the vice chairman and chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alabama. In 1988, he became the first Libertarian Party office-holder in Alabama when he was elected Constable, a local law-enforcement position. He was the Libertarian Party's Candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1996. He was also endorsed by the Reform Party, and came in third of four candidates.