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OPINION and ANALYSIS After reviewing George Will’s outstanding video the international coffee trade and several videos on various European leaders sharing their comments about Trump, we couldn’t help but to revisit the exceedingly worrisome issue that has hung over Trump since the days in 2016 when, at a press conference, he asked the Russians Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS Even though 2025 is not a big federal election year, the state races, especially in New Jersey and Virginia are very important. Why? Many will say that the races in those two states will give Republicans and Democrats in Congress valuable feedback on what the real level of support is for Trump Read More …
Here’s an explanation of the book. For a more in depth explanation, see the written article at the bottom of this page. Thanks DDL To purchase a copy of Rao’s Solution please click on the link below (and THANKS SO MUCH !!): https://store.bookbaby.com/book/raos-solution Recently I received some insightful comments on my novel, Rao’s Read More …
[ANALYSIS AND OPINION] It’s been six months since Trump took office. On the economic front it’s difficult to gauge Trump’s performance simply because of his off and on approach to tariffs. One thing is clear. Congress has generally let Trump have his way on both the economy. The same is true with respect to foreign Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] We apologize if this page seems to go in several directions at once. This page was originally posted in April 13, 2025, just as President Trump has implemented a revolutionary system of astronomically high tariffs applicable to U.S. imports. Originally it dealt with tariffs, the need to raise wages to overcome inflation Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] Are tariffs a good idea? Here are some basics: Below are some rough notes taken from the short video for this post: Free trade policies are designed to increase the trade of goods and services between countries. Tariff’s which are really taxes on imports make the prices of the goods that are Read More …
[Editor’s Note: This is the latest edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played. The transcript is in 3 parts. (1.)The first is the first half of a transcript of the radio broadcast with tune links; (2.) The Editorial: Read More …
[NEWS ANALYSIS, OPINION & TUNES] [Welcome to another edition of TNnT which is short for “Tick’s Notes & Tunes”, where we usually start with “Notes” of interest on various, usually important, topics which are followed by “Tunes” which is the transcript of a fictional short wave radio transmission from where and when we do Read More …
Below are links to various videos we’ve done going back to 2017 concerning the fields of: Finance Economics (Macro) International Business OTHER RELATED VIDEOS OF INTEREST Videos on Interest Rates and Monetary Policy were updated as follows: The Fed Interest Rates GDP 08-31-19 Youtube https://youtu.be/GMyIX5idBH8 The Fed Interest Read More …
Power Focused Voters v. the Facts [Opinion and Analysis] In the last few days a couple of very short but important articles have been published. Below is a direct quote from an article written by Sarah K. Burris of the Raw Story dated either December 31, 2023 or January 1, 2024. What she says rings Read More …