{"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":"Iran War Hype, Gold, and the Fed’s Debt Bubble","slug":"iran-war-hype-gold-and-the-fed-s-debt-bubble","published_at":"2026-03-07T06:02:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417/iran-war-hype-gold-and-the-fed-s-debt-bubble","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minor-issues-6016417","url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/iran-war-hype-gold-and-feds-debt-bubble","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-03/167_Minor-Issues_Thornton_20260307.mp3","summary":"On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton appears on Arcadia Economics with Chris Marcus during a volatile week for gold and silver amid the escalation with Iran. They unpack the risks and “unintended consequences” of the conflict, along with what all of this means for markets, the dollar, and investor psychology. Mark closes with a hard look at the Fed-fueled, fifteen-year bubble of credit and debt, the growing stress in sovereign debt markets, and why central bankers can’t “magic away” the structural problems that created this mess. The original episode is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQn1GenrMyQ 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":"On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton appears on Arcadia Economics with Chris Marcus during a volatile week for gold and silver amid the es…","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/iran-war-hype-gold-and-the-fed-s-debt-bubble/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/iran-war-hype-gold-and-the-fed-s-debt-bubble.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}