To ELECT JORDAN SPEAKER or NOT?

[ Analysis and Opinion.]   Should Jim Jordan be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives?   The U.S. Congress is currently in gridlock.  The Democrats by a slim majority control the Senate.  And, the Republicans, again by a slim majority, control the House of Representatives.  If one examines history there’s nothing particularly disturbing about Read More …

2022 WRAP UP TNnT

ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN We hope everyone’s 2022 was prosperous and happy. In no particular order here’s how we size up 2022. This may surprise some but first we will mention ChatGPT. In what to us is the perhaps the scariest story we’ve heard in a long time, a college philosophy professor in the Carolinas Read More …

SHATTERED IDEALS: REAL POLITICS

[Analysis and Opinion.]   Time is precious, especially in a world that moves faster and faster.   We’ve posted several early videos extolling the virtues of free trade and the World Trade Organization (WTO).  Over and over we’ve talked about how inter-related all countries are in what is a World economy.  However, given recent events Read More …

World Trade Organization: Down the Toilet?

The World Trade Organization was established to promote international trade and crucially, to provide a forum where trade disputes between nations could be peacefully resolved. Its organization and the rules that it implements were painstakingly negotiated over many years by hundreds of countries. Read More …

FREE TRADE v TARIFFS: Ricardo’s Comparative Advantage

Video about David Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage. Discussion lead by David Dixon Lentz Read More …