Tag: richard rahn

The Blessings of Capitalism

Twenty years ago, if you were to buy all of the devices that allow you to do what your iPhone and its apps can...

An Island of Peace and Prosperity

Originally posted April 28, 2015. Richard W. Rahn, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, reports that, according to the United Nations, the #1 place to...

Abolishing the IRS

The Cato Institute’s Richard W. Rahn makes a solid case as to why the IRS should be abolished. Mr. Rahn argues that the present...

A Taste for Peruvian Cuisine and Economic Freedom

Last September, culinary luminaries from around the world—including France’s Michel Bras (Step Up To The Plate, Amazon, DVD), Denmark’s Rene Redzepi, and America’s Dan...

Intellectuals Bringing Nirvana?

Originally posted November 18, 2014. Richard W. Rahn, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, writes, “The longest-running scam is the big lie that more government...

80,000 New Rules and Regulations?

Switzerland, Hong Kong and Singapore have higher incomes per capita and lower unemployment rates than we have in the United States. Yet each of...

Greetings from the Cato Institute’s Fall Conclave Middleburg, Virginia

Cato’s Richard Rahn, WSJ columnist Peggy Noonan, and our daughter Becky Smith, president of Young Research & Publishing.

A Despicable Idea

Would you be comfortable with the chilling proposal that all your financial info that institutions are required to report to the U.S. government would...

World to End?

My friend Cato Institute's Richard Rahn writes that my heading would have resulted in more people reading his vital essay. Richard is correct, so...

The Fed Tax on Savers: Low Interest Rates

Rasmussen poll indicates that only 12 percent of probable voters favor a budget that increases spending. Here Cato Institute’s Richard Rahn explains why a...

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