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Anti-capitalism: trendy but wrong

by Alexander C.R. Hammond Institute of Economic Affairs You can’t escape it; capitalism has a bad rap. Last night, thousands of anti-capitalist protestors took to the streets in capital cities across the world. Wearing V for Vendetta-inspired Guy Fawkes masks (most of which are made in China), these self-styled “anti-establishment”... Read more →

Atrocious Driving

Dear Sir, Recently I noticed a discussion concerning who Bahamians hate or dislike, it’s not a question of who but rather what. It would appear my Bahamian brothers and sisters hate, with a passion, street lamp-poles, especially those on John F Kennedy Drive. Earlier this year our much-maligned Ministry of... Read more →

Who do Bahamians hate?

I recently heard a silly lady on the radio earlier stating “Bahamians don’t like Haitians!” May I put the young lady right? Bahamians do not like anyone who comes here and perpetually breaks our laws and then bitches and moans when we make noise and complain. Now I will really... Read more →

BPL raising taxes? Really?

Sir, Well, that didn’t take long to get very tired of being forced to listen to Deputy Leader of the PLP, Chester Cooper; who would appear to have been well taught, by “Brave” Davis and Glenys Hanna Martin, in the art of putting foot in mouth. Probably the only thing... Read more →

“Oil on Troubled Waters” - BPC is Unlike other Half-Baked Projects

by Richard Coulson First published in The Tribune November 14, 2019. This phrase arose when seafarers saw the beneficial effect of pouring a barrel of oil on storm-tossed seas and found the waves were flattened and subdued. These days the very mention of “oil” arouses public ire, with or without... Read more →

It’s Time to Call a Halt to this Colonial Throwback and take Control of Grand Bahama.

by Richard Coulson The destruction, flooding, and profound commercial dislocation wreaked by hurricane Dorian upon Grand Bahama have awakened the long-simmering debate about how the island is governed. Way back in 1955 the Hawksbill Creek Agreement gave virtually sovereign power to foreign-owned Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), which carved out... Read more →

Onward from Dorian

by Richard Coulson The physical re-building of Abaco and Grand Bahama has already begun and will continue. The rubble will be cleared away, businesses reopened, and new houses built. It won’t be easy or quick, but the energy of the Bahamian people, with generous help and expertise from abroad, will... Read more →

The Myth That People Work Harder Under Capitalism

Capitalism has been the great engine of unimagined prosperity and unimagined improvements in worker conditions. by Barry Brownstein See original article at FEE.org here... In the not so distant past, people didn't work hard, but not for the reasons the ahistorical or socialists think. There were no happy peasants laboring... Read more →

John Bright: Voice of Victorian Liberalism

by Nicholas Elliott Read original article at FEE.org here... John Bright did more than anyone else to bring about the great advances for liberty in nineteenth-century Britain. A leading orator and agitator, he was considered by many to be the best political speaker of the century. His voice contained a... Read more →

The War on Poverty Revisited

The Reverend Mr. Opitz is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education, a seminar lecturer, and author of the book, Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies Original article from 1986 posted at FEE.org here... Capitalism, by conquering poverty, creates the “problem” of poverty. If we look... Read more →