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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-11-28

The U.N. annual climate conference (COP27) that just concluded in Egypt might have set the record for the greatest number of bad ideas ever presented at a major international…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-11-21

Why are some countries rich and others very poor? At the top of this list, put corruption — both policy and personal.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-11-14

Inflation makes you rich — well, not exactly — but it can make you appear rich. As a teenager, did you dream of having a $100,000 car and a million-dollar home?
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-11-07

Last week, President Biden attacked the coal industry. He said his administration was going “to be shutting down these plants all across America…” He also said that wind and solar are…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-10-31

The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, again presents the question of which public officials should receive protection and how far should it pertain to family…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-10-24

Those who study both the physical and behavioral sciences should have learned that there are consequences to every action — some good and some not so good — often referred to as stage…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-10-17

Political instability is rising, and the citizens of the world are more fearful, with good reason.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-10-10

OSLO, Norway — Norway would be almost the ideal country if it were not a bit cold for my tastes.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-10-03

Which is the correct statement: A. Almost all of the current global warming is caused by human activity. B. Human activity is having a minor effect on climate change. C.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-09-26

President Xi Jinping of China is probably looking at the Russian debacle in Ukraine and thinking, “Putin needs me, but I don’t need him.”
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-09-19

With the passing of the queen, there has been much discussion about whether the monarchy and all the various paper currencies with a portrait of the queen should be replaced.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-09-12

The annual Economic Report of the World was just published by the Fraser Institute and a number of other think tanks.
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-09-05

Do you understand quantum physics? I didn’t think so! There are few physicists who claim to fully understand it, and there is still much disagreement among them about some core aspects…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-08-29

Over the period from 1980 and 2018, “the world’s population rose by 71.2 percent, yet the average working time to earn enough money to buy 50 kinds of energy, food, raw materials, and…
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byRichard W. Rahn | 2022-08-22

The good news is that the world will be awash with clean and inexpensive energy; the bad news is that utopia may be up to a century off due to government drag.
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