by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 15, 2020
The good news is that through 2018 the world had slowly become more economically free. For more than two decades, a country ranking of economic freedom has been produced by the Fraser Institute in Canada and many other cooperating policy organizations around the...
by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 8, 2020
Bad data cause bad conclusions which cause bad decisions. The medical, political and media classes have much to be embarrassed about when it comes to their statements about COVID-19. There has been endless revisionism and denial rather than forthright discussions of...
by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 1, 2020
Is skin color a good predictor of income and other success among Americans? Take a look at the enclosed table, and you will notice that the highest per capita income among the large ethnic groups in the United States is from those of Asian Indian origin. Some Asian...
by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 24, 2020
Some people are so out of touch with the world around them, they are shocked when others react in predictable ways to their idiocy. Goodyear tire company managed to get itself in a dust-up this past week when someone in authority at the company decided it was OK for...
by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 17, 2020
The smartest people (just ask them) are those who work for the big high-tech firms, investment banks and big media companies. They tend to live around San Francisco (Silicon Valley), Los Angeles, Portland, the Seattle area, New York and Chicago. For years, they have...
