Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton
Mark Thornton
Born	June 7, 1960; United States
Political party	Libertarian
Academic career
Field	Economic history; political economy; prohibitionism; history of economic thought;
School or; tradition	Austrian School
Alma mater	St. Bonaventure University (BS); Auburn University (PhD)
Influences	Frederic Bastiat; Ludwig von Mises; Murray Rothbard; Lew Rockwell;
	Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Mark Thornton (born June 7, 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian School. He has written on the topic of prohibition of drugs, the economics of the American Civil War, and the "Skyscraper Index". He is a Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Alabama and a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute.

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