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Explaining SpaceX’s Success

Yesterday marked the sixth test launch of SpaceX’s “Starship” shuttle, following a fifth successful test in October. If you want to know how...

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The National Interest

Rainer Zitelmann

A Country With No Billionaires? That Would Be Like Cuba – but Without the Sun

A USA with no billionaires – that’s exactly what Bernie Sanders was the first to call for. He championed the idea in his book It's OK To Be Angry...

02.11.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

SpaceX Made History Today

This morning, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched a rocket dubbed “Starship” from a site near Brownsville, Texas.  SpaceX planned to bring...

14.10.2024 10

The National Interest

Rainer Zitelmann

Do Rocks on Mars Have Rights?

The emergence of private space companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX has brought a new dynamic to the space industry. Thanks to Musk, launch costs,...

09.10.2024 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Javier Milei: Bookworm and Genius of Self-Marketing

A new book from the economist Philipp Bagus, professor of economics at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, has just been published in Germany. The...

08.10.2024 50

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Who’s for the First Amendment — and who’s against

14.08.2024 3

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Javier Milei still has backing of more than half of Argentinians

14.08.2024 5

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

How to Win the Second Space Race

Greg Autry and Peter Navarro, Red Moon Rising: How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier (Nashville, Post Hill Press). 260 pp., $19.99. The...

11.08.2024 20

The National Interest

Rainer Zitelmann

The lost decades of government-run space travel

23.07.2024 3

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Germany: The Sick Man of Europe

In a March 2023 interview, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised his country economic growth reminiscent of the post-war economic miracle. “Because...

07.07.2024 30

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

What Most People Do Not Know About Capitalism

In the world's largest survey on the image of capitalism, respondents in 34 countries were presented with 18 different statements on capitalism. It...

16.06.2024 30

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Is Capitalism Historically Built on Colonialism?

Colonialism has become a hot topic in recent years. The hatred directed at Israel at universities in the United States and Europe is ideologically...

08.06.2024 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

The Misunderstood Entrepreneur

14.05.2024 40

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Spiral of mistakes: Why industrial policy is destined to fail 

13.05.2024 20

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Eurovision: The silent Majority and the Vocal Minority

13.05.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Economic Freedom Increases Human Welfare

11.05.2024 40

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Liberty Will Be Necessary for Us to Settle in Space

According to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk, in the early 2000s, after selling the company PayPal, Musk was sitting with some of the...

05.05.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Why Intellectuals Don't Like Capitalism

Anti-capitalism is back in fashion. Even Marxism, which many had declared dead after the collapse of socialism, is experiencing a renaissance. Books...

04.05.2024 50

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Venezuela: Socialism of the 21st Century

In the course of the 20th century, Venezuela went from being one of the poorest countries in Latin America to becoming the richest. In 1970, it ranked...

28.04.2024 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Sweden: The Myth of Nordic Socialism

According to the 2023 Index of Economic Freedom, Sweden is among the most market-oriented economies worldwide. Overall, it ranks in 10th place, far...

27.04.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Ronald Reagan: The Man Who Cut Taxes From 70 to 28 Percent

In the 1970s, the U.S. was plagued by an ever-growing array of problems, most of which were the result of excessive government intervention in the...

29.03.2024 40

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam

Capitalism Rainer Zitelmann | From the May 2024 issue Eight-year-old Phung Xuan Vu and his 10-year-old brother were...

26.03.2024 20

Reason.com

Rainer Zitelmann

What Maggie Thatcher Really Did for Great Britain

In 1966, the Beatles released a song called ‘Taxman’, which starts with the lines: Let me tell you how it will be That’s one for you, 19 for...

18.03.2024 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Biden’s budget boondoggle will only boost inflation

17.03.2024 7

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Vietnam ‘has been a development success story’: World Bank

17.03.2024 10

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

North and South Korea: Kim Versus the Wisdom of the Market

The contrast between North and South Korea could hardly be starker. According to the 2023 Index of Economic Freedom, the latter ranks as the 15th...

15.03.2024 8

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Germany: the Socialism/Capitalism Experiment

Today, as socialist ideas once again gain popularity around the world, people should remember an unintentional, large-scale experiment that confirmed...

04.03.2024 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Index of Economic Freedom Shows One Country Climbing 13 Places in One Year

As recently as 1990, Vietnam was the poorest country in the world, poorer even than the poorest countries in Africa. During the war, 14 to 15 million...

28.02.2024 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

The US Has the Worst Rating Since 1995 on the Latest Index of Economic Freedom

According to the latest Index of Economic Freedom, which has just been published, the level of economic freedom in the United States is at its lowest...

27.02.2024 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Entrepreneurs Are Evil, the State Is Benevolent: A New Study on the Content of School Textbooks

How are businesses and entrepreneurship presented in school textbooks? A new study reveals a depressing truth. Carried out in Germany, the study...

25.02.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

How China Went From Famine to Economic Miracle

For millennia, China suffered famine after famine. As recently as 1981, as many as 88 percent of the Chinese population was living in extreme...

24.02.2024 5

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Argentina and Venezuela Are Warning Examples for the United States

In my new book I show "How Nations Escape Poverty," but I also have some comments on how once very rich countries became poor. These examples should...

20.02.2024 3

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Development aid does not help in the fight against poverty

16.02.2024 30

Washington Examiner

Rainer Zitelmann

Could Capitalist Space Travel Solve Many of the Problems on Earth?

What may sound like a fairy tale today could be a reality tomorrow. Capitalist space travel can solve many of the problems on Earth, such as limited...

03.02.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

The Truth about Campaign Donations

Donald Trump received fewer campaign donations in the final quarter of 2023 than Joe Biden. Trump's campaign reported donations of 19 million dollars...

02.02.2024 8

American Thinker

Rainer Zitelmann

Woke Advertising: First Advertising Wanted to Sell, Then to Entertain, Now It Wants to Indoctrinate

In the past, advertising was a tool to increase sales. Then advertisers began to see themselves as artists. Today, they see themselves as missionaries...

29.01.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Javier Milei's Groundbreaking Speech in Davos

Argentine President Javier Milei delivered a remarkable speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 17, 2024. I have compiled and commented...

19.01.2024 40

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

Oxfam Report: No, More for the Super-rich Does Not Mean Less for the Poor

The mainstream media are all reporting on the latest Oxfam report. The five richest men in the world have more than doubled their wealth since 2020,...

16.01.2024 20

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

How to Achieve Your Goals for the New Year

I know many highly successful people who write down their goals for the year ahead on New Year’s Eve. Are you one of them? I have achieved great...

31.12.2023 10

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

The Victimhood Mindset Makes People Helpless

In his article “Unraveling the Mindset of Victimhood,” the American psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman recommended taking the following short test...

23.12.2023 7

Townhall

Rainer Zitelmann

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