{"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":"From Tariffs to Gold: Reading the Regime","slug":"from-tariffs-to-gold-reading-the-regime","published_at":"2026-02-24T16:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417/from-tariffs-to-gold-reading-the-regime","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417","url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/tariffs-gold-reading-regime","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-02/165_Minor-Issues_Thornton_20260224.mp3","summary":"On this special episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares his recent interview with Darrell Thomas on VRIC Media. Mark explains how Keynesian ideas normalized chronic deficits and a debt-financed state. They discuss tariffs and policy volatility, how inflation has been partly masked by cheap imports, and why distorted price signals hit entrepreneurs and small businesses hardest. The conversation also covers rising interest costs, pressure for renewed yield-curve suppression, and what it all implies for gold, silver, and commodities. The original episode is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9Y-lITpnQ Purchase a Minor Issues tumbler today! https://mises.org/MinorIssuesTumbler Be sure to follow Minor Issues at https://Mises.org/MinorIssues","meta_description":"On this special episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton shares his recent interview with Darrell Thomas on VRIC Media. Mark explains how Keynesian ideas no…","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/from-tariffs-to-gold-reading-the-regime/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/from-tariffs-to-gold-reading-the-regime.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}