by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 29, 2016
Other things being equal, would you prefer to stay in a hotel and/or live in a condo named The President Carter, or one named The President Reagan? One of the cardinal beliefs of the American left is that too much money is spent on political races and that he or she...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 22, 2016
If you are in business and the government will not allow you to open a bank account, what do you do? Thirty years ago, almost anyone could walk into a bank and open a bank account with no questions asked. But now it is increasingly difficult for honest people and...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 15, 2016
Donald Trump is very lucky that Paul Ryan is speaker of the House. Mr. Ryan is a very serious policy wonk, which President-elect Trump is not. Mr. Ryan has spent the last several years developing sound solutions to deal with the problem of the “wolf at the door” —...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 8, 2016
If you had a son or a daughter who was a member of a school debate team, and you learned that your child was receiving the questions in advance and the other debaters were not, what would you tell your child to do? Each year there are some sport scandals, usually...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 1, 2016
What is the single most important determinate as to whether a country is rich or poor? It is not the level of government spending, taxation, regulation or monetary stability — even though those factors are very important. It is the rule of law, whereby the rules are...