The Fed, Interest Rates and GDP 2d ed
the Federal Reserve Bank’s federal funds interest rate policy. Velocity, the money multiplier, the all important interest rate on excess reserves and the ON RRP are all discussed Read More …
MONETARY POLICY: Second Thoughts About Inflation
AUGUST 18, 2019 We have wanted to supplement our Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy (the Fed Interest Rates and GDP) videos for quite some time. Unfortunately, we’ve been pressed to handle other matters. Below Is generally where we are headed with that video. We are hastening to do this because Read More …
FISCAL POLICY AND THE U.S. ECONOMY
( 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 …
NORTH ANNA: THE FORGOTTEN BATTLEFIELD
[Editor’s Note: The blog post below is based on a newspaper article written by David Dixon Lentz which originally appeared in the Ashland Herald Progress (which, unfortunately, has since gone out of business) in three parts in late 2015. It is about the very underappreciated Battle of the North Anna River fought just north of 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 …
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 …
Reparations: Are Democrats Handing Victory to Trump in 2020?
Reparations: Are Democrats Handing Victory to Trump in 2020? (OPINION) Is it wise for a political candidate to support reparation payments to Black Americans to atone for the sins of slavery? Currently there are a few candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination who support paying Black Americans reparations as compensation, presumably Read More …
Running the Pittsburgh Marathon abbrev
Yes, we did a second video. This one is about half as long as the War and Peace version but still full of the most important information. After all everyone is pressed for time these days. At long last we lined up and ran the Pittsburgh Marathon. We’ve been trying to run the Dick’s Sporting 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 …