Mises Wire

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
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.

Mark Thornton

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.

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.

Andrew Syrios

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.

Mises Institute

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.

Frank Shostak

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.