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Bahamas Fiscal Trajectory

These numbers always blow me away. If anyone has GDP numbers form 1974 to 1996 I would be grateful if you would send them my way to help complete the chart. Download a copy Public Finances of the Bahamas Table 1974 - 2017 in Excel here... Read more →

PLP Apoplectic about Order of National Hero Award for former UBP Premier

On Sir Roland Symonette being awarded the Bahamian Order of National Hero award along with former Prime Minister the late Sir Lynden Pindling, former Governor General the late Sir Milo Butler and former Free National Movement Leader the late Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield the PLP went into a full frontal assault.... Read more →

Is There A Sequence For Success?

I keep forgetting how much I enjoy CATO UNBOUND and their May 2018 series is simply another standout. In May CATO UNBOUND "invited four experts to discuss the so-called “success sequence,” and the strengths and weaknesses of this idea as a way of thinking about poverty. Cato’s own Michael D.... Read more →

What Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" Teaches Us About the Insufficiency of Good Intentions

The book is an extended lesson in what happens when we focus only on what we see. by Art Carden This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. The search for the Great American Novel should have ended in 1957 when a Russian immigrant named Ayn Rand... Read more →

March On Bahamaland. Happy 45th Birthday Bahamas!

From Ancient Declinism to Modern Progress

Pessimism was the norm for most of human history. By Marian L. Tupy and Paul Meany @HumanProgress More articles from HumanProgress here... Today, progress has been so consistent that it can seem inevitable. Whether it's new pharmaceuticals, better iPhones or cheaper holidays, people expect things to get better. But that... Read more →

Speaking of changing the electoral system

The Fraser Institute recently published a report, Proportional Representation in Practice: An International Comparison of Ballots and Voting Rules, that is very interesting. Here's the intro: "Proportional Representation in Practice: An International Comparison of Ballots and Voting Rules finds that any replacement of B.C.’s current First-Past-The-Post electoral system with a... Read more →

Capitalism Is Good for the Poor

Markets Beat Back Poverty by Steven Horwitz This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Critics frequently accuse markets and capitalism of making life worse for the poor. This refrain is certainly common in the halls of left-leaning academia as well as in broader intellectual circles. But... Read more →

Government Undercover Agents Moving Through Businesses

Dr. Minnis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas has reportedly set undercover agents to patrol stores to guard against price gouging. Tribune, July 3, 2018. Well blow me down. Who in government or the private sector is able to determine what an "unsubstantiated price hike" is in the first place? I... Read more →

Mexican election results

Of course there was a risk in electing the populist AMLO as president Sunday. But it was essential. I recall many trips to Mexico in 60s-80s when for 18 years the country was nearly destroyed by the corruption of three successive PRI presidents. Their traces have remained though terms of... Read more →