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 …
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Investments, Picking Stocks and the Efficient Market Hypothesis
Investments, Picking Stocks and the Efficient Market Hypothesis. ( Editor’s note: This blog post and video, first appeared on one of the “pages” appearing in the menu bar at the top of this website many months ago. We reprint it here because some of our visitors do not realize that there is also substantive content Read More …
FREE TRADE & THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
In the video below, however, we engage in an enlightening and more contemporary discussion about a very important and controversial and powerful body that most folks know little about, the World Trade Organization (the WTO) Read More …
RUNNING THE PITTSBURGH MARATHON
Well, here it is ! At long last we lined up and ran the Pittsburgh Marathon. We’ve been trying to run the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon since 2012, a year in which our weight reached into the 280’s ! We trained long and hard and this time we managed to avoid injuries Read More …
10 Plus Days til Marathon
Here’s our latest installment. Just a little over a week to go until the Dick’s Sporting Goods 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon. This is for everyone but Senior runners can benefit the discussion by David Dixon Lentz who will attempt to finish the marathon at the age of 64 years, 10 months. Senior running, Read More …
4 Weeks Until Marathon
Here’s the latest on our Dick’s Sporting Goods 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon Training. Only four weeks to go. Big challenges lie ahead. But we are still intending to line up and run it. In this video we talk about our latest physical and mental challenges and what we intend to do about them. Time is short. Read More …
Two Months To Go Pittsburgh Marathon
Sorry for the delay in posting. Long story. Actually there are now only 27 days left as of April 8th. A lot has happened since I did the Two Months to Go video posted on this page. And not all of it is good, but we are hanging in there. Have already done most Read More …
CALORIC MISCALCULATION: DIET AND EXERCISE
BALANCE…Diet and Exercise: Caloric Miscalculation 12.15.18 Got on the scale this morning, Saturday December 15th. Sheer devastation. I weighed 202.4 pounds. This after a 199.pound weigh-in eight days ago. Worse, my objective was a flat 198. Now, admittedly I changed my feast date etc due to the forecast of a substantial snowfall for 12/09/18 Read More …
The Brothers Karamazov v Rao’s Solution
[Book Reviews/Analysis.] Dostoevsky’s classic novel,”The Brothers Kazamarov”, really goes to heart of what this website is about. Faith versus reason. Ancient assumptions, articles of faith, (and sometimes prejudicial ones at that) versus what can be discerned through rational, objective and scientific analysis based on an objective determination of the facts. In contrast to the often Read More …
2018 First Half Wrap Up
[Analysis.] A quick review of the first half of the year 2018. We provide an assessment of the stock market. We touch on the recent Supreme Court union dues case (Janus), we note the relevance of Rao’s Solution and, ever mindful of the need for “balance” we address our personal health and do….ahem….72 pushups….yes Read More …