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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 →

Lecture: Professor Richard Ebeling on The World Trade Organisation and the Global Economy November 7, 2019

THE NASSAU INSTITUTE & TEMPLETON RELIGION TRUST In Collaboration with the Banking Economics & Finance Department & The Economics Society of The University of The Bahamas PRESENTS Professor Richard Ebeling on The World Trade Organisation and the Global Economy When: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: RBC... Read more →

Why is capitalism a dirty word?

And when did socialism become so popular – particularly amongst young people? "So many people blame capitalism for all the evils in the world - from hunger and poverty in Africa to climate change..." "History is a large experimental field – and the results are clear: In those countries that... 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 →

The Nassau Institute Presents: Professor Fabio Rojas on Migration. October 24, 2019

THE NASSAU INSTITUTE & TEMPLETON RELIGION TRUST In Collaboration with the Banking Economics & Finance Department & The Economics Society of The University of The Bahamas PRESENTS Professor Fabio Rojas on Migration: “Open Borders: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels” When: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm Where: Choices,... 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 →