Monthly Archives: May 2015

How would you answer this e-mail from a concerned foreign investor?

Posted on May 12, 2015 by weblogbahamas

"What the hell is happening to your country, I just saw a report on NBC news 5/10/15 declaring that the Bahamas crime rate will be a record breaker this year with over 150 murders for a population of 220,000, is … Continue reading →

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The Neighborhood of Happiness

Posted on May 11, 2015 by weblogbahamas

by Professor Bryan Caplan This post is being reprinted by permission of Liberty Fund, Inc., and was originally published on May 7, 2015. I've long maintained that raising your income only has a small positive effect on your happiness.  Csikszentmihalyi … Continue reading →

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Government keeping secrets

Posted on May 10, 2015 by weblogbahamas
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BEC in Good Hands with PowerSecure?

Posted on May 10, 2015 by weblogbahamas

by Richard Coulson First published in The Tribune, and posted here with the kind permission of the author. Last week’s announcement  by Deputy Prime Minister Davis finally ended 20 months of suspense about the immediate future of Bahamas Electricity Company  … Continue reading →

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Death By A Thousands Cuts – The Slow Torture Of Three Years Of The PLP

Posted on May 9, 2015 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson TODAY (May 7, 2015) marks the third anniversary of the Progressive Liberal Party’s term in office, a term that could be described as disappointingly drab and littered with failures to live up to the plethora of election … Continue reading →

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Out with Junkanoo. In with Carnival?

Posted on May 8, 2015 by weblogbahamas
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Bahamas Insurance Association challenges the Government on National Health Insurance

Posted on May 8, 2015 by weblogbahamas

It was interesting to read The Bahamas Insurance Association putting their position forward on the imposition of National Health Insurance and the lack of response from the Government to their position paper. While I have not seen the BIA paper, … Continue reading →

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Renewables: all pain, little gain

Posted on May 7, 2015 by weblogbahamas

We often hear or read claims that green energy is the way to go. One would swear all we need do is load up with solar panels and wind farms and all will be well. However, in a recent article … Continue reading →

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Baltimore is not about race

Posted on May 6, 2015 by weblogbahamas

The long history of government dependency is the problem Professor William Anderson recently pointed an excellent opinion piece by William McGurn about Baltimore that goes to the core of the problem facing that city. Welfare. The article compares the predominantly … Continue reading →

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The Elusive Goal of Political Stability

Posted on May 5, 2015 by weblogbahamas

As many of us watch the missteps of our government with bated breath – they seem to be faltering in so many areas – the social conversation usually gets around to the question of democracy, and along comes Arnold Kling … Continue reading →

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