Mark Thornton
Dr Mark Thornton is an American economist who adheres to the principles of the Austrian school. He is widely considered to be one of the foremost experts on prohibition economics, and has written extensively on that topic, as well as on the economics of the American Civil War, and public finance.
Thornton has also been active in the political arena, making his first bid for office in 1984, when he ran for the U.S. Congress. He became the first Libertarian Party office-holder in Alabama when he was elected Constable in 1988. In addition to further political candidacies, Thornton also served in various capacities with the Libertarian Party of Alabama. In 1996 he became an economic advisor to the Alabama Governor of the time, Fob James.
Thornton taught economics at Auburn University for a number of years, additionally serving as founding faculty advisor for the Auburn University Libertarians. He also served on the faculty of Columbus State University, and is now a Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He is currently the Book Review Editor for the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
Books
- Economics of Prohibition
- Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War (with Robert Ekelund, Jr)
External links
- Ludwig von Mises Institute
- Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
- Advocates for Self-Government — biography of Mark Thornton