by Richard W. Rahn | Mar 13, 2023
It is often difficult to figure out if those who are responsible for the country’s tax and spending policies are ignorant or worse, or if they think the voters are ignorant, or if it is a combination of the two. This past week, President Biden presented his proposed...
by Richard W. Rahn | Mar 6, 2023
END OF THE U.S. DOLLAR MONOPOLY? China and Russia have announced they, along with Brazil, India and South Africa, are “working to develop a new global reserve currency” to compete with the U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar has been the world’s currency since the end of...
by Richard W. Rahn | Feb 27, 2023
WHEN GOVERNMENT FAILS, PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS WILL EMERGE TO FILL VOID “Deficits don’t matter,” except when they do. Congress and the Biden administration are in one of their periodic fights about lifting the debt limit, with threats about “defaulting” on the debt. The...
by Richard W. Rahn | Feb 20, 2023
Will institutions of higher education end up being instruments of oppression or places where free inquiry can liberate the mind of man? Oddly, this struggle is indirectly reflected in a couple of very different great movies. The first film is “Animal House,” released...
by Richard W. Rahn | Feb 13, 2023
Does the expression “land of the free, home of the brave” still describe America? With the rise of the bureaucratic state and woke culture, we are becoming less free year by year. Rather than being brave in their willingness to defend the Constitution and fundamental...
