| 词条 | Mark Thornton |
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|school_tradition = Austrian School |image = markthornton.gif |caption = Mark Thornton |name = Mark Thornton |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|06|07}} |birth_place = United States |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = American |field = Economic history, political economy, prohibitionism, history of economic thought |influences = Frederic Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Lew Rockwell |influenced = |contributions = | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = pth58 }}Mark Thornton (born June 7, 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian School.[1] He has written on the topic of prohibition of drugs, the economics of the American Civil War, and the "Skyscraper Index".[2] He is a Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute[3] in Alabama and a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute.[4] Life and academic careerThornton grew up in Geneva, New York in an Irish Catholic family of entrepreneurs who were "Democrat in politics".[5] Thornton received his B.S. from St. Bonaventure University (1982), and his Ph.D. from Auburn University (1989). Thornton taught economics at Auburn University. He formerly taught at Columbus State University where he was awarded the Faculty Research and Scholarship Award in 2002.[6] He is now a Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute,[3] where he is book review editor for its Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.[7] He has written about prohibition-related issues.[5] Prohibition studies{{Libertarianism in the United States sidebar}}Thornton's first book, The Economics of Prohibition, was praised by Thornton's supervisor at the Mises Institute, its vice-president Murray Rothbard, who is quoted on the book cover of the 2007 edition as writing: "Thornton's book... arrives to fill an enormous gap, and it does so splendidly...This is an excellent work making an important contribution to scholarship as well as to the public policy debate."[8] Reviewer David R. Henderson of the Hoover Institution wrote, "Thornton's book contains much valuable information on prohibition and cites many sources. But the economically literate book on prohibition that makes a case for legalization has yet to be written."[9] Thornton debated the War on Drugs at Oxford Union in 2014. Libertarian organizations have published Thornton's articles on drug and alcohol prohibition, and he was once interviewed on the topic of prohibition by Agence France-Presse.[10][11][12] Thornton contributed a chapter to Jefferson Fish's book How to Legalize Drugs.[13] Political activitiesThornton ran for U.S. Congress in 1984.[14] Thornton has been the vice chairman and chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alabama. In 1988, he became the first Libertarian Party office-holder in Alabama when he was elected Constable, a local law-enforcement position.[5][15] He was the Libertarian Party's Candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1996. He was also endorsed by the Reform Party, and came in third of four candidates.[15] Books
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Notes1. ^DiLorenzo, Thomas (2011-02-11) My Associations with Liars, Bigots, and Murderers, LewRockwell.com 2. ^{{cite journal|last=Blumenthal|first=Robin Goldwyn|author2=Strauss, Lawrence C.|title=The Skyscraper Index: Edifice Complex|journal=Barron's|date=November 16, 2013|url=http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111903747504579183851004293202.html?mod=googlenews_barrons|quote=The U.S. has a new tallest building—One World Trade Center in New York—and that has conjured up some novel reading of economic tea leaves.}} 3. ^1 [https://www.mises.org/fellow/12 Mark Thornton fellow page], Ludwig von Mises Institute website, accessed December 21, 2013. 4. ^Mark Thornton biography page at Independent Institute website, accessed December 21, 2013. 5. ^1 2 Joseph S. Diedrich, Libertarian America: A conversation with Mark Thornton, Washington Times, March 24, 2013. 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://mises.org/profile/mark-thornton|title=Mark Thornton|date=2014-06-20|website=Mises Institute|language=en|access-date=2019-02-28}} 7. ^Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics website. 8. ^Mark Thornton, The Economics of Prohibition, Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007, {{ISBN|1610164652}} 9. ^{{cite journal|last=Henderson|first=David|title=Review of Economics of Prohibition|url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1993/5/cj13n1-13.pdf|journal=Cato Journal|volume= 13| issue = 1|pages=152–154}} 10. ^"US drinks to 75 years since end of Prohibition." Agence France-Presse. Hosted by Google. 4 December 2008. [https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hRVtdfaLJf-MBMVdTXp9IxmvNhtw] 11. ^Thornton, Mark. "Prohibition versus Legalization: Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Drug Policy?" Independent Institute. The Independent Review. Winter 2007. 12. ^Thornton, Mark. "Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure." Policy Analysis no. 157. Cato Institute. 17 July 1991. 13. ^Thornton, M. (1998). "Perfect Drug Legalization". In J. M. Fish (ed.), How to Legalize Drugs (pp. 638–660). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. {{ISBN|978-0765701510}} 14. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19841104&id=5rofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kNcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5763,506602 Gadsden Times], Nov 4, 1984. 15. ^1 Mark Thornton faculty page, Ludwig Von Mises Institute website, accessed December 21, 2013. External links{{commons}}
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