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Richard W. Rahn

Richard W. Rahn

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Richard W. Rahn is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth.

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FILE - Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee during a hearing on Proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. The global minimum tax is aimed at making it harder for companies to dodge taxes by moving from country to country in search of lower rates, and Yellen played a leading role in negotiating the deal among 130 countries. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Entire Biden economic team needs to be replaced

What is a recession? Who is to say? What is an economist, and who is to say? For many years, I called myself an economist with a certain pride -- but these days not so much.

August 1, 2022
Illustration on the costs of green policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s energy cabal making the world suffer

Do you like wilderness camping? That is, real wilderness camping where you have nothing more than a little tent, a blanket and six days of food, but no cell phone or even a flashlight?

May 31, 2022
Illustration on inflation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How will inflation end?

The good news is that inflation will end. The bad news is that, given who is making economic policy, it is more likely to end badly than benignly.

May 9, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022, to announce a final version of his administration's ghost gun rule, which comes with the White House and the Justice Department under growing pressure to crack down on gun deaths. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden’s war on the ‘common man’

The political version of the story about the preacher caught in the brothel is the politician who tells everyone about how much he or she cares for the common man, but whose actions make their lives much worse.

April 18, 2022
Illustration by Mark Weber

The global monetary disaster

We are in the early stages of a global money meltdown. The money meltdown, mainly stemming from governments spending and borrowing irresponsibly, has been underway for some time.

April 11, 2022
Pekid Putin Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

What is Putin’s life expectancy?

Many of the world's political leaders and even some of the business leaders who should know better seem to have forgotten "stage two."

April 4, 2022
This coveted space is effectively shrinking, however, because economic articles are exploding in size. According to an academic study, the median length of an article in five of the nation's most prestigious economic journals has tripled since the 1970s, when thinkers such as Milton Friedman were revolutionizing the discipline. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File)

Economists are strange people

Would you take a college seriously if some geography department professors argue that the world was flat?

March 28, 2022