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Richard W. Rahn

Richard W. Rahn

rahn123@washingtontimes.com

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

Articles by Richard W. Rahn

George Washington the Patriot Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

What would George Washington have done?

George Washington, whose 290th birthday we are now celebrating, is often and probably correctly viewed as the "indispensable man" of the American Revolution more than any of the American Founders.

February 21, 2022
Burning Money over Inflation Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The curse of inflation

This past week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices rose by seven percent during this past year, the highest in 40 years.

January 17, 2022
FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen, second from left, oversees an open meeting of the board with board members; Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, Yellen, Daniel Tarullo, Jerome Powell, and Lael Brainard, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. President Joe Biden announced Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 that he’s nominating Powell for a second term as Federal Reserve chair, endorsing his stewardship of the economy through a brutal pandemic recession in which the Fed’s ultra-low rate policies helped bolster confidence and revitalize the job market. Biden also said he would nominate Brainard, the lone Democrat on the Fed’s Board of Governors and the preferred alternative to Powell for many progressives, as Vice Chair. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Team Biden is killing the economy

Inflation comes from one source -- and that source is incompetent and politically driven government officials and bureaucrats who, through overregulation and taxation, drive up the cost of most everything.

December 13, 2021
Artificially Inflated GDP Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How big can government get?

The socialists and communists explicitly say they want bigger government, while most free-market and libertarian-leaning people claim they want smaller government.

December 6, 2021
President Joe Biden laughs with guests after speaking on infrastructure spending at the La Crosse Municipal Transit Authority, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in La Crosse, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The fraud of Biden’s inflation

The biggest financial fraud in history is now being inflicted on the American people and others in the form of inflation.

November 15, 2021
Illustration on Democrats, race and skin color by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The left’s ‘racism’ obsession and how it’s backfiring

The lighter your skin is, the older you get, and the more time you spend in the sun, the more likely you are to get skin cancer. Other than that, the endless preoccupation with race and skin color is largely a waste of time.

November 8, 2021
Graver dangers than climate change Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

There are graver dangers than climate change

Despite known dangers to our physical and economic well-being, the political class has been focused on climate change as though it was the most serious threat.

November 1, 2021