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Kevin Bales – Modern Slavery and the Environment

idea city is fast becoming a favorite site of mine. Presented by Moses Znaimer each June, "Over the course of its 15-year history, the annual ideacity conference has more than earned its reputation as ‘Canada’s Premier Meeting of the Minds’. Playing host to a mélange of distinguished thinkers, from artistic... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Trump Idiocy

by Tibor R. Machan* So Donald Trump wants to keep "cheap" (foreign made) goods and services from reaching Americans! But the rub is that when barriers to trade are established, such as tariffs or quotas, folks are deprived of the chance to save and then purchase items they would like... Read more →

Honesty In Fighting Corruption

by Adrian Gibson Corruption is rife in the Bahamas. Today, there is a general lack of transparency, fair play and accountability in governance. When one considers the statements on corruption by Minister of State for Legal Affairs Damien Gomez, I initially wondered if he was privy to certain happenings within... Read more →

Unbalanced Budgeting

"The Budget Communication carefully uses a definition of 'deficit" that gives the appearance of fiscal stability. This is more than semantics since this definition, as shown in this Review, provides for the continued growth in the national debt…even if the net balance under this definition is zero. This would be... Read more →

Does the BIA really support the goal of universal health care?

The Bahamas Insurance Association keeps asserting that it supports the idea of universal health care while suggesting that what the government, on the advice and implementation by Sanigest Internacional, is doing is not a good idea. Based on what I've seen so far, I don't think it's a good idea... Read more →

How to improve education

by Adrian Gibson A revolutionary approach must be taken to improving the educational system and ensuring that at least 90 per cent of all school leavers graduate with diplomas. As I have said before, in curbing school failure/dropouts, the MOE via the schools must: Immediately implement policy to bring an... Read more →

Kicking the can

In a conversation last week the subject of infrastructure (a road) in remote family islands it was suggested this is the responsibility of the government. When considering the expenditure, a cost benefit analysis is vital. Can/will the infrastructure be paid for and maintained from the taxes collected there for example?... Read more →

When the Government health system isn't working, what do they want to do?

Cartoon: Russmo.com “We want to avoid this two-tier system of the rich getting access to this, while nobody whose poor does,” James Cercone, Sanigest Internacional The quote above from this interview of Mr. Cercone by Tribune Business is revealing indeed. There was more from Mr. Cercone in the article: “So... Read more →

World Poverty: Can We End Poverty Overnight? - Learn Liberty

"Americans make up around four percent of the world population and yet they control over 25% of the world's wealth. If that wealth were shared evenly across the globe, couldn't we solve the problem of global poverty overnight?" Watch the video below and visit Learn Liberty to find out more. Read more →

Back To School . . . Back To The Drawing Board?

by Adrian Gibson It is high time that we recognise that The Bahamas’ school system is antediluvian and in desperate need of restructuring. We must focus on entirely revamping our almost defunct educational system. Once again, after another year of national exams, it is clear that a legion of Bahamian... Read more →