by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 16, 2016
Do you support free trade? Many business people, politicians and workers say they are in favor of free trade, “but with conditions” — because they can see and feel the job losses but not the job and income gains. Consumers benefit from free trade — in terms of lower...
by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 8, 2016
Should government employees have privileges and legal immunities that the rest of us do not have? The government shutdown battle is, in part, a dispute about the extra subsidies members of Congress and their staffs are slated to get from Obamacare. Civilian government...
by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 2, 2016
Did the Russians hack the emails of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton? The answer is almost certainly “yes,” but that does not mean that the DNC and other emails were released on behalf of the Kremlin to help Donald Trump. The basis for my...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jul 26, 2016
All plagues, whether they are biological or destructive policy ideas, begin at some specific place and time. The city of Austin, Texas, is now the place of origin of what could be a very costly experiment. Unneeded and ill-considered regulation is annoying, costly and...
by Richard W. Rahn | Jul 19, 2016
Environmental zealots and the politically correct have become modern-day book burners in their attempts to criminalize and repress the speech of those who disagree with them. The Nazis and other dictatorial regimes used the old practice of book burnings and gun...