At a party in rural Virginia, I listened as three military retirees carried on about the horrors of government and taxes, never stopping to think that every penny they earned came from government taxes. What is dumbing so many people down? This could be the question of our age, to...

As of March 2, 2023, Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest man in Australia, with an estimated net worth of 29.1 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andrew Forrest (No. 2, $21.1 billion), Harry Triguboff (No. 3, $13.4 billion); and Anthony Pratt (No. 4, $11.4  billion). Mike Cannon-Brookes is the fifth-richest person in Australia, with a whopping...

As of March 2, 2023, Georg Stumpf was the wealthiest man in Austria, with an estimated net worth of 7.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Helmut Sohmen (No. 2, $5.8 billion),  Rene Benko (No. 3, $5.2 billion); and Johann Graf (No. 4, $4.8 billion). Wolfgang Leitner is the fifth-richest person in Austria, with a...

As of March 2, 2023, Jorge Paulo Lemann was the wealthiest man in Brazil, with an estimated net worth of 15.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Marcel Herrmann Telles (No. 2, $10.4 billion), Eduardo Saverin (No. 3, $9.9 billion); and Carlos Alberto Sicupira (No. 4, $8.5 billion). Safra Siblings is the...

As of March 2, 2023, David Thomson was the wealthiest man in Canada, with an estimated net worth of 54.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Jim Pattison  (No. 2, $11.0 billion), David Cheriton (No. 3, $9.2 billion); and Anthony Von Mandl  (No. 4, $8.7 billion). Joseph Tsai is the fifth-richest person in Canada,...

As of March 2, 2023, Zhong Shanshan was the wealthiest man in China, with an estimated net worth of 67.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Zhang Yiming (No. 2, $49.5 billion), Ma Huateng (No. 3, $38.3 billion); and Colin Zheng Huang (No. 4, $32.1 billion). William Lei Ding is the fifth-richest person in China, with a...

As of  March 2, 2023, Renata Kellnerova was the wealthiest man in the Czech Republic, with an estimated net worth of 16.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Karel Komarek  (No. 2, $7.5 billion), Radovan Vitek (No. 3, $5.6 billion); and Daniel Kretinsky (No. 4, $5.2 billion). Andrej Babis is the fifth-richest person in the Czech...

As of March 2, 2023, Barnard Arnault was the wealthiest man in France, with an estimated net worth of 205.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Francoise Bettencourt (No. 2, $78.9 billion), Rodolphe Saade (No. 3, $41.4 billion); and Francois Pinault (No. 4, $38.5 billion). Alain Wertheimer is the fifth-richest person in France, with a whopping $33.8 billion....

As of  March 2, 2023, Li Ka-Shing was the wealthiest man in Hong Kong, with an estimated net worth of 38.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Robin Zeng (No. 2, $33.1 billion), Lee Shau Kee (No. 3, $29.7 billion); and Peter Woo (No. 4, $16.0 billion). Xu Hang is the fifth-richest person...