Monthly Archives: February 2012

A hollow ring to some of the campaigning

Posted on February 29, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Edward Hutcheson Voters will never know what the new political candidate is  offering until they get those candidates to sit down and talk to them, but, many of the candidates are not prepared to talk, or have nothing to say  … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: A prominent Pair of False Alternatives

Posted on February 28, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan Jon Gertner, author of the forthcoming “The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation,”* writes for The New York Times (in an excerpt from his book), about innovation in America.  I spotted the … Continue reading →

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The Nassau Institute – The Review

Posted on February 28, 2012 by weblogbahamas

From 1995 thorugh 2003, The Nassau Isntitute, (formerly the Foundation of Eocnomic Education then The Institute for Economic Freedom) under the direction of Presdient Joan Thompson, published 20 booklets entitled The Review. They were edited by Ralph Massey, the former … Continue reading →

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Lawrence H. White’s new book: The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years

Posted on February 28, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe You might remember Dr. White form his visit here with the Nassau Institute? (See it here…) His new book, "The Clash of Economic Ideas interweaves the economic history of the last hundred years with the history of economic … Continue reading →

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Do the banks need to take a haircut on bad mortgages?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Dr. John Rodgers used that phrase recently when he announced a scheme to help save homes from foreclosure. Go here… and here… For sometime he has been attempting to show that banks here in The Bahamas are unfair … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: The Tenacity of the Nihilists

Posted on February 27, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan In the book Reading Obama (Princeton, 2010), James T. Kloppenberg makes a case for how the kind of approach President Obama takes to public policy is now widely preferred, to put it paradoxically, on principle at the … Continue reading →

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Two Trains – Song of the week – February 27, 2012 – Lowell George

Posted on February 27, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Lowell George was a special singer songwriter, who unfortunately met an early fate, but not before leaving some great music behind so we can’t forget him. The founder and lead singer of Little Feat made some great music … Continue reading →

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What is spontaneous order?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe So many in society want to design the perfect order of things. As if they can. Yet, with all the evidence of government failure in front of them they still insist they have the perfect plan for society. … Continue reading →

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Dr. John Rodgers solution to save homes from foreclosure

Posted on February 25, 2012 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Dr. Rodgers recently announced his remedy to save homes from foreclosure. "…reduce the Central Bank Prime Rate from 5.25 per cent to 2.25 per cent or lower,…" Banks "could reduce the principal on their troubled mortgages by 50 … Continue reading →

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Duane Sands Freedom of Information Act Senate Contribution

Posted on February 24, 2012 by weblogbahamas

  Dr. Duane Sands   David Ben- Gurion, the first Israeli Prime Minister once said that “The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.” These insightful words provide a globally relevant, historical context for our deliberations today.Freedom of speech is … Continue reading →

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