by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 25, 2018
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell just announced another quarter-point interest rate hike. The markets immediately responded by dropping several hundred points. In his arrogant and smug statement, Mr. Powell told us that the economy needed higher interest rates....
by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 11, 2018
Zurich What do the Paris riots, Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, the dusky gopher frog and Peter Wallison’s new book “Judicial Fortitude” all have in common? They are all signs that the peasants have had it with the bureaucratic state and the smug elitists who...
by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 4, 2018
Want to live longer? Your odds improve if you are a rich, well-educated Asian or European woman accountant who engages in moderate exercise. If you are an overweight retired professional football player, your odds of having a shorter than average lifespan are high....