by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 16, 2019
Recent reports indicate that almost 300 people are leaving the New York metropolitan area each day, with the majority moving to Florida. Florida does not have a state or local income tax. In New York, state and local income taxes may exceed 12 percent. A number of...
by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 9, 2019
If the government had not spent any tax dollars trying to mitigate climate change during the last 30 years, how much warmer would it have been and how much higher would the sea level be? The correct answer is, no measurable change. To the extent that mankind has an...
by Richard W. Rahn | Sep 2, 2019
When will the next recession start? No one knows despite the very confident talking heads on TV who speak with great certainty about things they cannot know. Economic and weather systems both share the attribute of being exceedingly complex. They both have almost...
by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 27, 2019
This month is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves in Virginia. The New York Times has created what they refer to as The 1619 Project, whose goal “is to reframe American history, making it explicit how slavery is the foundation on which...
by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 20, 2019
Who among those now running for president would have been capable of creating the founding documents of the United States? Who among them could have shown the level of knowledge, the logic, and wisdom concerning political theory and practice, and human behavior that...