by Richard W. Rahn | May 21, 2019
Sensible people make sure they understand the exit strategy when making an investment. Too often, people lock themselves into investments, like timeshares, vehicle loans, real estate purchases, etc. for far longer than they wish they had. The same is also true for...
by Richard W. Rahn | May 14, 2019
For most people, particularly in the United States, things have never been better. Yet, the newspapers and airwaves are filled with stories of impending disaster. Many of the doomsday scenarios have been around for some time but doomsday has yet to arrive. We were...
by Richard W. Rahn | May 7, 2019
Athens: Europe’s most significant contribution to the world economy at the moment is serving as a bad example. Much of Western culture and law can trace its origin back to this city of 2,500 years ago. The ancient Athenians learned that democracy is fragile and can...
by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 30, 2019
All too rarely do government leaders fully think through the effects of their actions — extraterritorial application of law being a prime example. If a U.S. citizen engages in bank fraud in Germany, clearly the Germans have a right to prosecute him. But does the U.S....
by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 23, 2019
There are some plagues that mankind seems to be incapable of fully destroying. One of these plagues is slavery, which has existed since man moved from being a hunter-gatherer to agriculture. Slavery is the condition where an individual is deprived of much of the...
