Mises Wire

Mark Thornton is interviewed by William Campbell.

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. 

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.

A barbershop that is set up specifically to serve men,

Mathematical economics is fraying at both ends.

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

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.

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.

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.