…opposite from Mr. Clinton in that he took over a failing economy — with double-digit inflation and no growth — and turned it into a low inflation, high- growth economy….

…rate of only 11/2 percent. The Europeans, including Chancellor Brown, like to talk about their “social market economy” being superior and more humane than the freer U.S. market economy, but…

…spending, many economists will be able to say the same things about the U.S. economy next year that Mr. Smith says about the United Kingdom’s economy today. Mr. Smith also…

…until it collapsed — as it did. When Mr. Yeltsin obtained power in late 1991, the Soviet economy was falling apart. Mr. Yeltsin had learned enough economics to trust a…

…1950s, the Germans built a strong market economy. But then the socialists came up with their so-called improvement, which they named the “social market economy.” The “social market economy,” it…

…the coronavirus puts the U.S. economy in grave danger. These fears are overstated. Exports are about 11.7 percent of U.S. GDP, and imports are equal to about 14.5 percent of…

…2012 If one has an interest in political economy, yet only time enough to read one book, this is the book to read. Vito Tanzi is not only a first-rate…

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Time to Fire America’s Management By Richard W. Rahn Published July 14, 2010 Corporate income tax cripples the economy Assume you own stock in a company…

…and you want to undermine the American economy by attacking a couple of key industries. Which ones would you go after? You would learn that the computer, Internet and wireless…

…largest and most prosperous economy fall into such a morass in only a very few years? Collapse of the American economy in 2013 began with several major policy mistakes by…

…velocity of money. If a central bank like the Fed increases the money supply at a faster rate than the economy is producing additional goods and services, inflation results —…

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Self-inflicted wounds By Richard W. Rahn THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published October 3, 2003 The tax cuts were the appropriate medicine for the economy and are already…

…also fueled very large “shadow” economies. (A shadow economy is where people work at least part of the time off the books and where sales and profits are not reported…

…economy. Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves, and was the richest economy in Latin America — but the Venezuelan people threw it all away by electing (in a free…

…velocity of money. If a central bank like the Fed increases the money supply at a faster rate than the economy is producing additional goods and services, inflation results —…

…economy. Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves, and was the richest economy in Latin America — but the Venezuelan people threw it all away by electing (in a free…

The Washington Times October 2, 2012 A Vote for Obama Is a Vote for Recession by Richard W. Rahn BIGGER GOVERNMENT WEIGHTS ECONOMY Many in the mainstream media appear to…

…two years. The big monetary expansion took place in the last half of 2008. So if the economy follows past trends, one would expect to see growing inflation by the…

…thought of as a risk to the world economy, but its economy is in dire shape. It has a big population, more than 80 million, and the growing economic stress…

…media are quoting polls showing many Americans think the economy has been in a recession. But the economy has grown in every quarter of 2007, and employment is at a…

…consumption tax revenues, as well as a reduction in the underground economy. This year, the Bulgarian economy will grow about 4 times faster than the average of the European Union…

…have trouble answering the question, it is because it is the wrong question. The United States (and the world) economy is (or at least has been for the last few…

…Drawing Opportunity from Disaster by Richard W. Rahn RESTRUCTURING PUERTO RICO’S ECONOMY SHOULD ACCOMPANY REBUILDING THE HURRICANE-RAVAGED ISLAND The disastrous hurricanes that struck Puerto Rico might provide the excuse for…

…the economy to grow rapidly while, at the same time, giving every Chilean worker a direct, vested interest in the success of the Chilean economy. It’s a win-win. There is…

…until 2008, the federal government grew far larger in absolute terms, but not relative to the economy. But over the past half-century, the government has become far more intrusive, with…

…pops an economic genie. The genie says, “If you give me $100, I will guarantee that the American economy will grow at 6 percent a year (roughly double the rate…

…people were pleased with the state of the economy. The previous statement is also true for virtually every other economy in the world. Even though China’s per capita income is…

The Washington Times May 24, 2016 Killing the Regulatory Parasite By Richard W. Rahn FAILING TO STOP THE RULE-MAKERS WILL RUIN THE ECONOMY The successful parasite does not kill its…

…$15.6 trillion. If the economy grows at an average of 2 percent annually over the next eight years (in real dollars), GDP will be $18.3 trillion in 2020. (In reality,…

…pessimistic about the U.S. economy (some from the time Ronald Reagan was elected) crow they are right, given the first-quarter number. But, before counting out the U.S., it would be…