by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 27, 2022
XI HAS PUTIN RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS HIM President Xi Jinping of China is probably looking at the Russian debacle in Ukraine and thinking, “Putin needs me, but I don’t need him.” China has ten times the GDP and population of Russia. China produces almost everything, and...
by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 20, 2022
KEEP THE BRITISH MONARCHY AND THE QUEEN ON THE MONEY With the passing of the queen, there has been much discussion about whether the monarchy and all the various paper currencies with a portrait of the queen should be replaced. I have a one-word answer: Never! At one...
by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 13, 2022
The annual Economic Report of the World was just published by the Fraser Institute and a number of other think tanks. The authors of the Report measure economic freedom on a number of dimensions, including the size of government and taxation, legal system and property...
by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 6, 2022
Do you understand quantum physics? I didn’t think so! There are few physicists who claim to fully understand it, and there is still much disagreement among them about some core aspects of quantum physics. Nevertheless, much of it is proving to be very useful, and the...
