Mises Wire

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.

Mathematical economics is fraying at both ends.

A barbershop that is set up specifically to serve men,

The "junk silver" (90% US silver coins) seems to have disappeared. After checking several websites that deal in such coins almost all catagories have no inventory to sell. You can still buy bright and shiny versions of the coins at around a 20% premium over the silver value.

The Greek debt crisis is often framed as a matter of Greek debtors against German creditors. But it’s really a matter of Greek and German taxpayers being exploited by their own governments which are promising to pay debts with other people’s money.

Our guest this weekend is Jim Rickards, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Money and a well-known expert in geopolitics and global capital.

Many are debating the nature of the state’s role in marriage, but the state has never been a friend to marriage of any kind, and has done much to undermine marriage’s economic and social benefits while substituting the state for family institutions.

Our method of calculating GDP growth is hopelessly flawed, and is more likely determined largely by the growth of the money supply in the economy. So as the Fed pumps more, the economy appears to grow also.

It was another volatile week for stocks, Canada slipped into recession, and we’re left wondering if central banks will let interest rates rise in the face of a weakened global economy.

Here’s are the Top Ten most-read articles for August.