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Bahamas Budget Doublespeak

Yesterday the Bahamas Government presented their Annual Budget. Read it or download it here… Let's take a look at the comments from Mr. Michael Halkitis (PLP), Junior Minister of Finance, from his statement to Parliament to see if we can detect any "Doublespeak" Read it all here… Maybe it's necessary... Read more →

The Nassau Institute announces an evening with Mr. Julian Francis

Mr. Julian Francis, former Governor of the Central Bank of The Bahamas, will address an audience on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 on The Bahamas public debt in perspective, and why it's important to contain its further growth. The event will be held at the British Colonial Hilton, Bay Street. Register... Read more →

Is Price Gouging Immoral? Should It Be Illegal?

There were stories of mean price gougers after the flooding last week. The following video, published at LearnLiberty provides some insight. Summary: "If the power goes out during a hurricane, who should be able to get an emergency generator? If sellers knew the motives of each buyer, they could sell... Read more →

Vices darken virtues

This post from last week Wednesday drew the ire of one of my friends. Here's a summary of the "conversation". Him "You always talking bad about Bahamians" Me "I said many Bahamians. Not all" Him "You didn't talk about that when the FNM was in power" Me. "I guess you... Read more →

Mavis Staples - Song of the week - May 27, 2013 - Wrote A Song For Everyone

When we were in Memphis earlier this month we got to see Mavis Staples, yes, from the famous Staple Singers at the Beale Street Music Festival, and man what a treat it was. I apologise for the photo, but it's about the best one I was able to take. She... Read more →

Amnesty for Immigrants? We grant Amnesty for other Offenses.

Professor Don Boudreaux often has perspectives I wholeheartedly agree with. Following is another one from his blog, CafeHayek.com, that he's provided permission to post here. Our illegal immigrant issue needs to be on the front burner with a view to implementing solutions, not just verbal fights with each other. The... Read more →

Photo of the week: Reddish Egret

Taken at Wilson City, Abaco, Bahamas a couple years ago. 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... Read more →

Is The Bahamas Parliament found wanting?

When last have we heard a constructive debate about any major issue affecting the country in Parliament? How about debates on the National Debt, crime, the Educational system, illegal immigration or even the prison to name but a few? Oh we get lots of verbal jousting and attempts at political... Read more →

The Freeman, May 2013

The Foundation for Economic Education's flagship publication, The Freeman arrived in the post box yesterday and it is packed with great stuff as usual. Here's a few I'm looking forward to reading: Bitcoin for Beginners APRIL 02, 2013 by JEFFREY A. TUCKER Bitcoin is a revolutionary example of entrepreneurial awareness... Read more →