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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-10-10

Do all jobs have the same value? More people working should lead to higher real incomes, except when the jobs are destroying wealth.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-10-02

There are unpredictable disasters, like earthquakes, and predictable disasters, like deaths caused by a war.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-09-25

What is the probability of dying from an external event, rather than from an ailment such as cancer or heart disease?
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-09-18

Almost everyone has far more wealth due to technological advances than anyone had 30 years ago, yet their money balance sheets and that of most governments flirt with bankruptcy.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-09-11

If a carpenter were trying to build a house and his measuring stick (ruler) randomly changed in length from week to week, the tool would be of little use.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-09-05

A major hurricane hit Florida last week, and only one person died directly — amazing! The lesson is that mankind can engineer its way out of most of the adverse effects of climate…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-08-28

The American Founding Fathers created a federal republic as the best form of government they could devise to protect persons and property and ensure liberty.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-08-21

Why did Vladimir Putin’s Russia invade Ukraine? Ukraine posed no threat to Russia, and it was smaller and poorer.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-08-14

President Biden and former President Donald Trump are now in a legal death match, where, for either one to stay out of prison, his opponent will probably go to prison.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-08-07

Many bright young people come to Washington — to do good. Some do right well. A few others go to jail. But most eventually end up feeling various degrees of disgust.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-07-31

Is the press more biased now than in the past? Owners of newspapers have always supported their friends and impugned their opponents.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-07-24

Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss is being accused of deliberately letting the statute of limitations run out on Hunter Biden’s failure to pay his full taxes for 2014 and 2015.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-07-17

The good news is that inflation is slowing, largely because of the reduction in money growth over the last year or so. The bad news is that the unemployment rate will increase.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-07-10

Imagine you have an entirely legal business in your home state, but certain politicians and powerful government bureaucrats do not like your business for personal or political reasons…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2023-07-03

This past Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that all Americans are entitled to “equal protection of the laws,” as stated in the 14th Amendment.
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