IGEG
Institute for Global Economic Growth
The Washington Times, June 24, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
The British and Americans seem to be in a suicidal race as to which country can put in the most destructive economic policies. The British are ahead at the moment. Unfortunately, there are no winners.
Governmen grinds the gears
The Washington Times, June 18, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
When government fails to limit its role to being the referee, and also begins to field a team in competition with private parties, the system of checks and balances breaks down. The result - more incompetence, less efficiency, fewer innovations, poorer service and more corruption!
Insuring bankruptcy
The Washington Times, June 10, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
They are considering having the federal government reinsure municipal bonds. Such fiscal madness likely would make even citizens of banana republics blush.
Immaturity in power
The
by Richard W. Rahn
Politicians responsible both for the current mess and these proposed harmful "cures" will probably continue to act like immature teenagers with too much access to money and power.
The
by Richard W. Rahn
Will a new American revolution follow the British one in dethroning much of the political class?
Europe's worsening crisis
The Washington Times, May 22, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
While
Nobody likes paying too much
The Washington Times, May 13, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Contrary to Treasury's assertions, the new tax proposals will result in less tax revenue, not more; a reduction in U.S. international competitiveness; higher interest rates; more unemployment; and less economic liberty.
Political stock picks
The Washington Times, May 6, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
You are out of luck because the U.S. government is buying stock for you, whether you want it or not.
The Jack Kemp I knew
The Washington Times, May 4, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Without Jack Kemp, the Reagan supply-side, high-growth economic revolution would never have occurred.
If politics are taken too far...
The Washington Times, May 1, 2oo9
by Richard W. Rahn
What should be the limits of acceptable protest in a democratic society?
A certain failure
The Washington Times, April 22, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
President Obama has just appointed former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker to head a panel to make recommendations for tax reform. The panel will fail!
Return of the money snatchers?
The Washington Times, April 17, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Individuals can partially protect themselves by buying inflation-indexed
IRS: Heads I win, tails you lose
The Washington Times, April 7, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Do you know who is perpetuating the biggest tax scam ever and who the victims are?
Family-run banks are thriving
The
by Richard W. Rahn
Why did some banks and financial institutions fail and others succeed?
The
by Richard W. Rahn
The price of oil soon will soar again.
In defense of tax havens
The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
In addition to charges of tax evasion, some members of Congress have even tried to scapegoat the low-tax jurisdictions as somehow being responsible for the global recession.
A talent of missing the trends
The Washington Times, March 18, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Did you notice that the major economic forecasters, both private and government, totally missed the global credit crisis and size of the recession?
Will fall in stocks resume?
The Washington Times, March 12, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
We are left with a world where the same people who caused the recession and financial crisis are largely the ones who have been given the responsibility for stopping it.
New battle for Britain
The Washington Times, March 9, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Warning to tourists - it is now illegal to take a photo of a London bobby.
Primer on the great debate
The Washington Times, February 25, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Do you understand why well-known economists, including Nobel Prize winners, are on opposite sides of the debate about the stimulus package and what should be done about the recession?
The experiment
The Washington Times, February 18, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Now that President Obama has obtained his "stimulus package" to revive the economy, the operative question is, "Will it work?"
How much is enough?
The Washington Times, February 7, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Those who are pushing for more government involvement with, and control over, the economy are ignoring two centuries of disastrous socialist experiments and 2,000 years of failed attempts to impose price and wage controls.
No-thought regulation
The Washington Times, February 7, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
The current rush to regulate, without calmly and adequately thinking through the full ramifications and likely costs associated with each new regulatory proposal, is likely to end in another round of financial disasters.
How sound is the Cayman dollar?
Cayman Financial Review, First Quarter 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Should you worry about holding the Cayman dollar? The short answer is no, and the following will explain why.
The optimum government
The Washington Times, January 29, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Countless socialist schemes to enlarge the size of government have been sold to naive people. After two centuries of experimentation and the unnecessary loss of hundreds of millions of human lives, most of mankind now understands that pure socialism leads to tyranny and economic stagnation.
Feel like a chump?
The Washington Times, January 22, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Members of Congress who vote to tax you and spend your money on "bailouts" and phony "stimulus" may be calling you a "chump" behind your back.
Shape of things to come?
The
by Richard W. Rahn
April 1, 2013 - Unemployment is approaching 25 percent, inflation is close to 40 percent, major portions of the U.S. are having power "brownouts," and Americans are forced t go to foreign countries for timely and quality medical care.
Are they worth it?
The
by Richard W. Rahn
Members of Congress each will receive a $4,700 pay raise this month, which will give them a salary of $174,000 per year. Do you think they are worth it?
Tax Havens
CNBS
April 2, 2009
The G20 countries are cracking down on tax havens, such as Costa Rica, Malaysia and Uruguay. Richard Rahn, of the Cato Institute, shares his insight.
G20 & IMF
Fox Business News Interview
April 2, 2009
ETHANOL MANDATES
SPY CAMERA CATCHES SENATORS
THE RACE
European bureaucrats are tired of competing with American entrepreneurs, and so now they want to force other nations to be less competitive. That means higher taxes and fewer jobs. Some in the
“Countries which have a strong rule of law, protect private property, engage in relatively free trade, have free markets, use a sound currency, and maintain relatively low levels of government spending, taxing, and regulation, will grow much more rapidly than those countries that do not follow these constructive policies.”
- Dr. Richard W. Rahn
Chairman
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THREATS IN THE HEMISPHERE
The Washington Times, September 4, 2008
By Norman A. Bailey
It is high time the
ECONOMIC STATECRAFT
By Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D.
In recent decades economic statecraft, that is, the use of economic measures to contribute to the achievement of foreign policy goals, has practically been reduced to the use of trade sanctions and/or financial aid. The economic strategy arsenal, however, holds many weapons beyond these two.
NATIONAL INTEREST
VERSUS NATIONAL SECURITY?
THE CASE OF IRAQ
By Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D.
The national debate over the war in Iraq, which began with the invasion of April, 2003 and is still raging in the form of an active insurrectionary movement, has illustrated once more the prevalent confusion over the concepts of national interest and national security.
AFTER THE END OF HISTORY
By Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D.
As the twenty-first century proceeds on its way, there are only three possible developments: either (a) chaos will continue and deepen, and with it insecurity and disintegration of society, or (b) the United States will become truly imperialistic or alternatively will abandon its exceptionalism and give in to the most recent form of Westphalianism – supra-national bureaucratic rules trumping the organs of democratic governance, or (c) the American vision will eventually triumph, leading to a true new world order, the outlines of which are now visible only in embryonic form.
SECURITY FOR WHOM, BY WHOM AND WITH WHOM?
By Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D.
The discussion of security issues, at least since 9/11/01, has fluctuated among three modalities: strategic/theoretical, tactical/technical and ideological/emotional. Little attention is paid to such fundamental considerations as definitions. In fact, there is no generally-accepted definition of even such a constantly-used concept as “national security”. The most common confusion is that of national security with national interest.
THE BATTLE OF THE YARMUK
by Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D.
On September 11, 2001, one thousand three hundred and sixty-six years later, the latest battle in this never-ending war was fought, and it may be that the number of casualties was about the same as at a dry riverbed in
