# Four-Letter Economic Words

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Podcast: [Minor Issues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417)
Published: 2026-02-21T12:02:32+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Mark Thornton offers a practical “seven-word” framework for navigating economic life, especially when policy chaos and uncertainty make long-term planning harder. Mark connects everyday action (work, learning, planning, saving, spending, giving, and prayer) to core Austrian themes: purposeful choice, psychic profit, time preference, entrepreneurship under uncertainty, and the distortions created by inflation and debt-driven policy. Donate today to celebrate 20 years of Mises Media on YouTube. Donate $30 or more and we’ll send you a free, physical copy of Hunter Lewis’s book, Crony Capitalism in America: http://mises.org/youtube20 Additional Resources "Billionaires, Workers, and the Exploitation Theory" by Bob Murphy (Human Action Podcast, Episode 534): https://mises.org/MI_164_A Human Action by Ludwig von Mises: https://mises.org/MI_164_B Man, Economy, and State by Murray N. Rothbard: https://mises.org/MI_164_C The Quotable Mises edited by Mark Thornton: https://mises.org/MI_164_D Order a free paperback copy of Hayek for the 21st Century by F. A. Hayek: https://mises.org/Hayek21 Purchase a Minor Issues tumbler today! https://mises.org/MinorIssuesTumbler Be sure to follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues

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