Category Archives: Society

A Student’s Essay That Changed The World

Posted on February 21, 2021 by weblogbahamas

by Lawrence W. Reed “…No man can rightly lay claim, moral or otherwise, to owning another…” A-Students-Essay-That-Changed-The-World (pdf)   From The Nassau Institute…   More from Lawrence W. Reed here…

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10 Companies That Advertised During Brady’s First Super Bowl in 2002 (and the Story They Tell)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by weblogbahamas

Tom Brady’s Super Bowl success has outlasted many titans of corporate America. by Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Super Bowl 55 is now history. In some … Continue reading →

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Economics 101 from the IEA with Dr. Steve Davies

Posted on February 7, 2021 by weblogbahamas

The Institute of Economic Affairs, an influential British Think Tank, has provided and excellent series of videos on Economics with Dr. Steve Davies. Here's their introduction to the videos: "The first in a two-part series, providing 33 films in total, … Continue reading →

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Foreign Aid: An Instrument for Progress?

Posted on February 6, 2021 by weblogbahamas

by Peter T. Bauer (Lord Bauer) (1915–2002) Thursday, December 1, 1966 This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Foreign aid is clearly not a neces­sary condition of economic devel­opment. This fact is obvious from the history … Continue reading →

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New Zealand’s Path to Prosperity Began With Rejecting Democratic Socialism

Posted on February 1, 2021 by weblogbahamas

New Zealand’s experience is one of numerous examples in which socialism caused ruin that capitalism then fixed. by Lawrence W. Reed (Editor's note: A shorter version of this article was recently published in both English and Spanish at ELAMERICAN.COM). This … Continue reading →

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Bahamas Debt to GDP “…too narrow a measurement”?

Posted on January 31, 2021 by weblogbahamas

Former Governor of the Central Bank of The Bahamas in discussing the IMF's recent recommendations for austerity by the Government said "that “it’s too narrow a measurement” to focus on debt-to-GDP ratios, which only assess a country’s debt as a … Continue reading →

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The Bahamas and The Boiling Frog Dilemma

Posted on January 24, 2021 by weblogbahamas

CESRA turns up the heat. The boiling frog dilemma anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive is an apt description of what is happening here in The Bahamas over the past couple decades. The political class keeps ratcheting up … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Posted on January 2, 2021 by weblogbahamas
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Criticism

Posted on December 23, 2020 by weblogbahamas

Fundamentally there are two forms of criticism – destructive and constructive. The destructive type is not all helpful and only appeases the sender of the message.  The latter type should be welcomed and be favourably considered, Currently The Bahamas is … Continue reading →

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OIL – TO DRILL or NOT TO DRILL

Posted on December 22, 2020 by weblogbahamas

There has been much written about this topic both by those in favour and those vehemently against. While the viewpoints are usually well substantiated, I have not seen what I consider a business assessment of the pro’s and con’s. In … Continue reading →

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