Tools to Enlighten
[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 …
[ANALYSIS AND OPINION] For the last eight months, we, (whom we shall sometimes also refer to simply as “SS”, which is a sister website of reasonandbalance.com), have dealt with two global giants that control, by far, the lion’s share of all internet browsing. Not only that but because they allow companies to advertise on their Read More …
What is the purpose of life? Where does religion fit into this determination? Where does logic and reason come into play? Do the answers to these questions dictate a certain form of government? Read More …
Attempting to come up with any set of universal and eternally valid rules is almost certainly futile. There are a multitude of reasons for this, but clearly one of the most important is that everything is changing. In fact, technologically speaking change is occurring at ever increasingly changing rates. We simply do not and cannot Read More …
The world is in crisis. Discusses the rationale for fact-based problem solving decision making and the need to subordinate the historical philosophies and ideological viewpoints of the past. Read More …
most people (the listeners) will filter out or disregard facts that are unfavorable to their pre-conceived notions. And, surprisingly, this tendency may even be worse (not better) when the listener is more intelligent or more educated!
(They did a study.) Read More …
As such, the question is: Should our leaders not seriously consider making it a crime to knowingly manipulate, alter or change photographs and videos in a materially misleadi, ng way? First Amendment concerns obviously creep into this discussion, but the thinking here is that fraud is not protected by the First Amendment provided, of course, that the criminal statute in question is properly crafted. Read More …
Capitalism versus Socialism and/or Communism. We’ve tried to keep opinion to a minimum and present factual information. It’s up to readers/viewers to draw their own conclusions. Read More …
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 …
( Editor’s note: This blog post and/or video, first appeared on one of the “pages” appearing in the menu bar at the top of this website many months ago. We reprint/repost it here while we work on supplementing and updating our video on the Federal Reserve Bank, interest rates and monetary policy and because some Read More …