Monthly Archives: June 2019

Price Control to the rescue

Posted on June 30, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Here we go again. "THE Price Commission has relaunched its 24-hour hotline in an effort to combat serious breaches of the Price Control Act and announced its partnership with the National Emergency Management Agency to ensure consumers aren’t taken advantage … Continue reading →

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Seeking honest explanations

Posted on June 29, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Dear Mr. Editor, When, oh when, might we expect a modicum of honesty from of political classes? Earlier this week the leader of the opposition, “Brave” Davis was up on his high-horse again bitching and moaning that under “this” FNM … Continue reading →

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BEC/BPL Decades of Blackouts

Posted on June 27, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Let's cut a little slack for BPL and say because of the archipaleagic nature of our country with small populations spread throughout it's an expensive proposition to provide power to all want to be electricity consumers so maybe we should … Continue reading →

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Why Intellectuals Don’t Like Capitalism

Posted on June 26, 2019 by weblogbahamas

by Rainer Zitelmann Following the collapse of socialist systems around the world at the end of the 1980s, the superiority of the market economy was clear to many. Nevertheless, latent or overt anti-capitalist animosities have persisted, and, since the outbreak … Continue reading →

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Listening to climate doomsters makes our situation worse

Posted on June 25, 2019 by weblogbahamas

ID 115221206 © Gunold | Dreamstime. An interesting take on a very "hot" topic. "…The IPCC’s Working Group I reports (the physical sciences) were rightly described by activists as the “gold standard” description of climate research and the most reliable … Continue reading →

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Where, Oh Where Is Civilty And Comity?

Posted on June 24, 2019 by weblogbahamas

by Dr. Donald M. McCartney, D.M. The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again. ~Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country I have witnessed elections, as a boy, from 1956. This is … Continue reading →

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Will hydrogen (Fuel Cell) vehicles be the future?

Posted on June 21, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Keith Crain editor-in-chief of Automotive News recently wrote an editorial with the heading "Electric will be a rude awakening" where he asserts that it will be a long time before electric cars assume market leadership simply because of the hundreds … Continue reading →

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The Urge to Do Something

Posted on June 20, 2019 by weblogbahamas

by Michael Munger "There is a problem in public affairs. If there is a state, with the capacity to do good, the temptation to do something is irresistible. If someone objects, the response is always “Well, we have to do … Continue reading →

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Pat Ward is wrong and right at the same time

Posted on June 19, 2019 by weblogbahamas

"There is a gap between the advancements in technology in vehicles and the advancements in the knowledge of the local vehicle repair shops that have to repair these technologically advanced machines, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bahamas First … Continue reading →

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The Ethics of Economic Growth

Posted on June 18, 2019 by weblogbahamas

In this issue of Cato Unbound, Tyler Cowen begins the discussion by drawing on themes from his new book, Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals.Cowen argues for the ethical importance of long-term growth … Continue reading →

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