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Today marks Carl Menger's 173rd Birthday

Carl Menger (1840-1921 ) "Carl Menger has the twin distinctions of being the founder of Austrian economics and a cofounder of the marginal utility revolution. Menger worked separately from William Jevons and Leon Walras and reached similar conclusions by a different method. Unlike Jevons, Menger did not believe that goods... Read more →

All of the pleasure, none of the guilt

by Edward Hutcheson It would help the present government to lift up their view of the Bahamian electorate, especially when they make statements about what they have to do for us. The decision to borrow money has always been met with a jaundiced eye by those who have to foot... Read more →

Tickle Me Pink: Art Exhibition by Dede Brown and Dylan Rapillard

Art that will no doubt excite the senses from two talented young Bahamians. Friday, March 8, 2013, 6:30pm at The Central Bank of The Bahamas, Market & Duke Streets, Nassau. Find out more here… Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Libertarian Public Interest

Click on image to take the quiz by Tibor R. Machan A particularly irksome rhetorical ploy against the free society’s champions is that they refuse to acknowledge that there is such a thing as the public interest (or public good or general welfare or some such goal). Critics of these... Read more →

The Last Ditch: Of Poverty and Privilege

One of my favourite blogs is The Last Ditch from Britain, and his post from last week Tuesday "Of poverty and privilege, is spot on. Many of those like myself that were born in the 1950's are the luckiest generation in so many respects, yet one often hears that the... Read more →

Facebook reader smackdown about Mr. Christie and Investors?

In a Facebook response to Saturday's post a reader suggested (edited/reduced) that; "Investors, foreign and domestic, do so because they see an opportunity to make money. Case in point is CWC. Yet they are here and absolutely refuse to even discuss leaving. As Warren Buffet said on Morning Joe:" If... Read more →

James Taylor - Song of the week - February 25, 2013 - Brother Trucker

James Taylor can do it all. Ballads, rock, blues, country. Two standouts for me are Steamroller, from his 1970 release, Sweet Baby James and Brother Trucker from his 1979 album, Flag. Here's a snippet form his bio on his web site: "James Taylor's music embodies the art of songwriting in... Read more →

Photo of the week. Montague Foreshore at Low Tide

Rick Lowe Images by Rick Lowe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.weblogbahamas.com. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.weblogbahamas.com/. Find more photos at Through The Lens Read more →

The "sandpit of parliament" playing games with education?

by John F. Hedden This past week of events highlighted by the very vocal and visual reaction of students (COBUS) at the College of the Bahamas, has shown the deplorable state of our country and the ineptitude of of our politicians to come out with a definitive strategy to improve... Read more →

Prime Minister Christie's embarrassing performance at Baha Mar topping off

The stories in the press seemed to gloss over Mr. Christie's (PLP), Prime Minister, "performance" at the Baha Mar topping off celebrations on Thursday night past. An angry caller explained it this way: The Prime Minister wasted the guests time on self aggrandizement. While some of this is expected from... Read more →