IGEG
Institute for Global Economic Growth
by Richard W. Rahn
Do you think the General Electric Co., which owns NBC, should have freedom of speech, but not FedEx, which does not own a media company?
Recouping the golden quarter
The Washington Times, January 27, 2010
by Richard W. Rahn
In the nine quarter-century periods since the American republic was founded in 1789, the one with highest economic growth and job creation was the period from 1983 through 2007.
Deaf to deficit warnings
The Washington Times, January 20, 2010
by Richard W. Rahn
History has shown time and time again that when the government sector gets bigger, economic growth slows, there is less job creation, and people become relatively poorer.
The problem with spending
The Washington Times, January 13, 2010
by Richard W. Rahn
The
Will the market rise or fall?
The Washington Times, December 29, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
The long-term outlook for the stock market is not good.
Tempting the tipping point
The Washington Times, December 23, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
If governments continue to pile on more and more debt, when will they reach the tipping point?
Corrupting expectations
by Richard W. Rahn
Assume you are a scientist and have been given a major financial grant to prove that the mythical unicorn really did exist.
New underground economy
by Richard W. Rahn
The underground or "black" economy is rapidly rising, and the fault is mainly due to government policies.
Copenhagen - all pain, no gain
AOL Sphere, December 7, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Whether global warming is a real problem or not, adaptation is a far less costly and far more effective way of coping then trying to re-engineer the Earth's climate.
by Richard W. Rahn
The House and Senate health bills, the "cap-and-trade" bills, and "card check" will be huge job killers and are enourmous disincentives for employers to hire new workers.
Real leaders learn, adapt
The
by Richard W. Rahn
Courageous leaders are not afraid to change course when what they are doing is not working, and then make alterations until they find what succeeds.
The
by Richard W. Rahn
Some members of Congress believe the American people are the "slaves of government," not the other way around as the Founding Fathers intended.
The
by Richard W. Rahn
Can you imagine how many people have physically handled your money?
Choosing fantasy or facts
by Richard W. Rahn
Recent studies show high-income earners are in mass flight from New York to friendlier tax environments.
The real pay scandal
The Washington Times, October 27, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
American salaried workers, on average, make about three times as much in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars as they did a century ago. However, one group of salaried workers has not had a "real" pay increase since 1907 - members of Congress.
Destructive 'solutions'
The Washington Times, October 20, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
Liberties (and economic prosperity) are most endangered when one party and/or an accommodating opposition controls the administration, both houses of Congress, and much of the judiciary.
The worst recession?
The Washington Times, October 14, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
The deepest and longest-lasting recession the U.S. has experienced since 1946 began in 1980, when Jimmy Carter was president (the gross domestic product dropped 9.6 percent in the second quarter of that year) and did not end until fourth-quarter 1982, almost two years into the Reagan presidency.
The Washington Times, October 8, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
The stimulus program has been and will continue to be a failure - but don't expect the
Repeating history
The Washington Times, September 30, 3009
by Richard W. Rahn
Seventy years later, as in 1939, the leaders of too many countries are either despots or naive and weak.
The growing debt bomb
by Richard W. Rahn
When the debt bomb explodes - within the next one to three years - expect to see record high real interest rates and/or inflation, coupled with a collapse of many "entitlements."
The sensational Giles and O'Keefe
by Richard W. Rahn
Who exposed this latest bit of corruption at ACORN? -- The FBI? The local police? A congressional investigating committee? The mainstream media?
The Washington Times, September 10, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
The tax bullies at the OECD, the United Nations, International Monetary Fund and World Bank, who demand that others pay higher taxes, enjoy tax-free personal income courtesy of the world's taxpayers.
Who decides what?
The Washington Times, September 2, 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
If you believe yourself to be an individual with your own preferences and needs, which may not be the same as everyone else's, then the quality of your life and freedoms will necessarily be diminished by government-dictated health decisions.
The ascent of money
Cayman Financial Review, 4th Qaurter 2009
by Richard W. Rahn
How much money do you have? It is most often considered an impolite question and therefore seldom asked, but nevertheless many people want to know this about others.
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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THE CORPORATE STATE
by Norman A. Bailey
The Obama administration has been accused by opponents of moving towards socialism, but the measures taken so far are much closer to the corporate state model.
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
