Tools to Enlighten
ANALYSIS and OPINION Most students of internationnal business learned long ago that tariffs are an idea generally frowned upon by the father of free market capitalism and free trade, Adam Smith and his chief disciple David Ricardo. This is because they not only cause people to pay higher prices than if there were no Read More …
OPINION and ANALYSIS: Here’s a video we uploaded on February 19, 2026 on this subject. It is related to earlier videos on thought control, misinformation and Trump’s failure to heed the advice of experts on a multitude of crucial issues.
OPINION and ANALYSIS The 2025 election results are in and Democrats resoundingly won elections around the country. Clearly the general feeling is that Trump’s policies are not working. What now? There’s such a mess. The fear here is that the mess is so big that fixing everything may take decades if not longer, We have 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] 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 …
[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 …
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 …
Below is the video we did three years ago on the Federal Reserve (the Fed), interest rates and Gross Domestic Product. Although economic circumstances were much different back then than they are today, the basic economic discussion is still legitimate and relevant. The video is also highly relevant to any discussion of the causes of Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION.] As I write this, it is the 50th Anniversary of my high school graduation. I won’t get into how Watergate compares to January 6th and/or how the Vietnam War compares to Ukraine etc. Suffice it to say these are extremely precarious, and even dangerous, times both in terms of international relations Read More …