{"podcast":{"title":"Minor Issues","slug":"minor-issues-6016417","podcast_index_feed_id":6016417,"rss_url":"https://mises.org/podcast-feed/129227","website_url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues","image_url":"https://mises.org/sites/default/files/minor-issues_v3_2400_20230127.jpg","author":"Mises Institute","episode_count":150,"summary":"Succinct economic commentary by Dr. Mark Thornton, senior fellow at the Mises Institute.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T10:21:13.039279+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417"},"episode":{"title":"Four-Letter Economic Words","slug":"four-letter-economic-words","published_at":"2026-02-21T12:02:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417/four-letter-economic-words","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417","url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/four-letter-economic-words","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-02/164_Minor-Issues_Thornton_20260221.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"In this episode, Mark Thornton offers a practical “seven-word” framework for navigating economic life, especially when policy chaos and uncertainty make l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minor-issues-6016417/episodes/four-letter-economic-words/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417/four-letter-economic-words.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}