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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-03-01

One needs to be very ignorant of economics or mean-spirited to think it is permissible to tax people on real wealth losses.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-02-22

Will inflation increase, and if so, how will it affect you? The short answer is that many economists, including yours truly, expect inflation to increase.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-02-15

Should taxpayers be forced to spend approximately 1 million dollars to protect each member of the House and Senate in the absence of specific threats to justify such expenditures?
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-02-08

In the next 50 years, what do you think is more likely to kill you: a pandemic; a major war, including the use of nuclear, biological or electronic weapons; the income-destroying…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-02-01

It is rather ironic that those most active in trying to repress the freedom of speech and thought of others are most often found in the academy, high-tech information giants, and the…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-01-25

It is unlikely that President Biden and his advisers dislike the young, uneducated and unskilled, but their proposal to double the minimum wage to $15 per hour is unspeakably mean.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-01-18

The persistent myth is that government spending increases economic growth when, in fact, it slows growth beyond a certain point.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-01-11

Do you have freedom of speech if you have no means of distributing your ideas to large numbers of others?
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2021-01-04

Will inflation in the U.S. return in a big way? Inflation is a rise in the average price level, caused by an increase in the supply and/or velocity of money.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2020-12-28

Richard W. Rahn explains the COVID-19 pandemic will end when the U.S. reaches herd immunity, which he estimates at roughly 56.5 percent of the population.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2020-12-21

Richard W. Rahn puts 2020's COVID-19 death toll in historical perspective, arguing the year was tragic but far milder than past pandemics like the Black Death.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2020-12-14

Richard W. Rahn argues America's 'useful idiots' enable China to ignore environmental and human rights reform, challenging the idea that wealth brings democracy.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2020-12-07

Richard W. Rahn pays tribute to economist Walter E. Williams, who used humor and storytelling to teach important free-market economic concepts.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2020-11-30

Richard W. Rahn argues high taxes on the rich never deliver the revenue politicians promise, using the fortunes of billionaires like Musk and Bezos to illustrate.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2020-11-23

Richard W. Rahn argues that with COVID-19 vaccines developed in record time, the real battles begin over who gets vaccinated first amid limited supply.
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