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Lecture: Dr. Peter Leeson on ”“WTF?! An Economic Tour Of The Weird”

Join The Nassau Institute at The University of The Bahamas Tuesday, October 3, 2017 for a lecture by Peter Leeson on ”“WTF?! An Economic Tour Of The Weird” in the lecture hall at the Harry C. Moore Library at of The University of The Bahamas starting at 6:30pm. The event... Read more →

Comparing the effects of a free economy and socialism. Chile v/s Venezuela

Yesterday's post... reminded me of free market reforms Chile began implementing during the regime of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and his successors, and the socialist reforms implemented by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and his successor. As luck would have it, I stumbled across a comparison of the two nations at... Read more →

Capitalism and Freedom and Neo-Liberalism

With a Hat Tip to Dr. Alex Chafeun who posted a link to Dr. Friedman's speech referenced here on his Facebook page. One of Dr. Milton Friedman's books that has had a profound impact on me is Capitalism and Freedom not to mention his epic book and TV series Free... Read more →

How America Became a Corporate Welfare State – Lessons for The Bahamas

by Thomas DiLorenzo The American economic system has been transformed from a capitalist system with pockets of "crony capitalism" (profits earned through government connections instead of customer service) to a system of crony capitalism with pockets of real capitalism. This transformation was the result of a 225-year ideological debate over... Read more →

Fiscal Ideas: Canada’s Past Fiscal Leaders Are Now Fiscal Laggards: An Analysis of 2017 Provincial Budgets

From The Fraser Institute "Around the turn of the 21st century, Alberta and Ontario could both boast of having comparatively sound public finances relative to most other provinces. In recent years, however, serious fiscal problems have emerged in both provinces. Alberta and Ontario were once fiscal leaders in Canada, but... Read more →

So long Hurricane Irma

Feeling grateful that Hurricane Irma passed most of our islands without significant damage or loss of life. So sorry for those people here and nations south of us that were so badly hit but hopeful for them. It's time to worry about the folks in the US now in her... Read more →

Hurricanes Andrew, Matthew and Irma

When will we stop using this seriously stupid Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale? It confuses everybody, even the professional weather forecaster; how many times during the reporting of Irma have we heard a forecaster correct himself? “Irma is weakening, it’s now a Cat. 4 … err … sorry shouldn’t say it’s... Read more →

Waiting for Hurricane Irma to die a natural death

Who would have a thought the few days of this hurricane's life would feel like an eternity? Be safe everyone. Read more →

War On Drugs

Many countries and states are legalizing cannabis. And it’s a dangerous experiment, because the most vulnerable, our teenagers, will do more drugs. Dead Wrong®. Find out why in this short video clip with Free To Choose® Media Executive Editor and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Johan Norberg. Share Dead Wrong with... Read more →

Hurricane Irma bearing down

Well it looks like we're in for nasty weather. As the hurricane models keep changing, they are getting closer together so it looks like our conditions will be worse late Friday night Saturday morning. Thankfully at this point it does not look like the eye will go over us (i.e.... Read more →