Mises Wire

Ryan McMaken

The first line of The Economist‘s article

Mark Thornton

So many skyscrapers are being built right now that there has emerged a shortage in the special glass panels that form the exterior of most modern skyscrapers. 

Per Bylund

Government regulation of immigrants is as illegitimate as any other kind of government regulation. But thanks to centuries of government meddling in private property, it remains very difficult to sort out what rightly is private property and if immigrants are trespassing on it.

Mark Thornton
Half-empty office buildings on the rise in Calgary, Edmonton amid oil price plunge
Ryan McMaken

A barbershop that is set up specifically to serve men,

Jonathan Newman

Mathematical economics is fraying at both ends.

Ryan McMaken

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

Simon Wilson

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.