by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 12, 2021
In 2020, a great global pandemic descended upon the Earth. It not only affected people’s bodies, leading to death in many of the elderly, but also caused the global political class to lose a non-negligible number of IQ points. The open question is: “Is their new...
by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 5, 2021
How much should the U.S. spend on infrastructure projects? President Biden has just proposed to have the government spend approximately $2 trillion dollars on “infrastructure” projects. Where did this number come from? Homeowners frequently need to spend money on...
by Richard W. Rahn | Mar 30, 2021
Why would an insurance company pay a private meteorological company a fee to provide them with information — about the likelihood of a hurricane landfall and severity and timing in a specific location — when the Weather Bureau provides the information for free? The...
by Richard W. Rahn | Mar 23, 2021
On average, people live longer in richer and freer countries than they do in poor ones. Knowing this, does it make sense to deliberately make a country poorer? How strong should the wing be on a jetliner? The wing needs to be strong enough not to break off given the...
by Richard W. Rahn | Mar 16, 2021
The new Congress seems intent on passing laws that will result in massive civil disobedience. Most people, when confronted with an unjust law or one that infringes on what they view as an essential liberty, will not take to the streets like a violent Black Lives...
