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Rainer Zitelmann

Rainer Zitelmann

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Germany thinks the rich are greedy. Vietnam thinks they’re visionaries. Guess who’s winning?

Germany thinks the rich are greedy. Vietnam thinks they’re visionaries. Guess who’s winning?

Economists know how important psychological factors are in the economy, yet they have paid little attention to the effects of a social climate in...

20.09.2026 3

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Elon Musk is right: Hitler was a socialist

A recurring theme in Elon Musk’s posts on X in recent months has been his claim that Adolf Hitler was a socialist. He has received both a great deal...

04.09.2026 3

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

China has 400 private space companies. The West is barely paying attention

The author of 'New Space Capitalism' says China's commercial space sector has moved far beyond state control. It should be familiar to EV fans.

02.07.2026 10

Fortune

Rainer Zitelmann

What capitalism will look like in space

Socialism hasn't worked on Earth—and it won't work in Space. Bring on the capitalism, and let's begin the next phase of Space exploration and...

27.06.2026 20

New York Post

Rainer Zitelmann

Why You Can't Settle Mars or Colonize the Moon Without Real Property Rights

Space Why You Can't Settle Mars or Colonize the Moon Without Real Property Rights The Outer Space Treaty and other legal obstacles...

09.06.2026 10

Reason.com

Rainer Zitelmann

Space Exploration Won’t Work Without Private Property

National prestige and curiosity will not suffice as long-term motivations for the exploration of space -- there must also be economic incentives.

30.04.2026 40

American Thinker

Rainer Zitelmann

Space Exploration Without Government

In 1949, 20 years before the first moon landing, the world-famous American science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein wrote the short story called...

20.04.2026 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

The First Time in my Life That I Have Come into Conflict With the Law

I will turn 69 in June, and it is the first time in my life that I have come into conflict with the law. At the beginning of February, I received a...

13.03.2026 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Is Venezuela’s Socialism at an End?

03.01.2026 40

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Democrats blame the victim for auto thefts

22.12.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

The gender medicine reckoning has begun

22.12.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Trump’s Gaza plan won’t bring peace or prosperity

22.12.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Australia’s gun buyback is the wrong response to Bondi Beach massacre

22.12.2025 40

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Space travel’s new frontier: Private ownership

22.12.2025 20

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Is Germany’s AfD a Libertarian Party?

20.12.2025 50

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

What Thatcher and Milei Have in Common

13.10.2025 30

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

The Enduring Lie of Socialism

06.09.2025 40

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

When Envy Becomes a Political Weapon

25.08.2025 30

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Space to Grow: Why Competition, Not Congress, Fuels Innovation

11.07.2025 20

The National Interest

Rainer Zitelmann

German Chancellor Merz Insulted Javier Milei. He Needs to Apologize.

07.07.2025 30

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann