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In this week's episode Mark reports on Pimco's former financial guru Mohamed El-Erian and his new views on the Fed. Mark also does some minor deconstruction…

Overall, the Secretary of State’s Office said the new voter information systems worked well.

On the Cultural Impact of the Paper Dollar On this week's episode, Mark recaps Professor Guido Hülsmann's recent lecture on the cultural impact of the paper…

Mark contemplates the political divide in America, the lack of a middle ground, the political divisions in DC, and the turmoil over the Speaker of the House.…

Will we get a soft landing or a hard landing in the economy? Or, should we hope for a crash landing? Mark Thornton explains. See also "Soft Landing? Not…

The owners of a home that exploded in western Pennsylvania last weekend were having issues with their hot water tank, authorities said, but the cause of the blast that killed five people — including two municipal officials — remains under investigation. It occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. Saturday at a home owned by Heather Oravitz, the town's community development director, and her husband. Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel said Oravitz, 51, and Plum Borough Manager Michael Thoma...

Nearly five dozen firefighters had “minor issues” at the scene of the Plum house explosion and required medical attention, officials said.

On this week's podcast episode of Minor Issues, Major Opinions, we debate this common travel conundrum.

In this week's episode, Mark discusses the record levels of credit card debt and how it is a major contributing factor to economic pain from the Fed's impact…

This week Mark invites you to explore the Minor Issues archives. We have produced about a half a year's worth of short audio commentaries about the economy,…